If I told you that there could be as gripping of a western film as ‘Hell or High Water,’ in today’s pop culture, you would tell me that I was crazy. The stellar performances of two unstoppable bank robbers, Chris Pine and Ben Foster, and a Texas ranger out on his last case before retirement, Jeff Bridges, make this dream a reality.
Jeff Bridges, Ben Foster, and Chris Pine star in a revolutionary movie that was created to bring back a culture of western films. It is bound to be a classic western heist movie, and might be the 21st centuries equivalent to ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.’
Pine and Foster play the two brothers that have nothing to lose. Caught in a risky game of cat and mouse with Bridges on their tale, this movie creates …show more content…
The cinematography used by Giles Nuttgens symbolizes the heat of the desert. The musical score created by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis is full of older and upbeat music to maintain the tone throughout the movie. The screenplay by Taylor Sheridan who also wrote the gripping film ‘sicario,’ gives the viewer the feel that the script is easy to follow, and sounds very realistic. It does not give a feel that it is written by a screenwriter, but an actual person which allows the viewer to understand what is being said at all times.
Chris Pine is the newcomer to the to the unique style that is western movies. It is unknown boundaries of the vast galaxy of the genres of film for the young Chris Pine known by most as captain Kirk. Pine fit the bill perfectly as playing an inexperienced bank robber out to get enough money to pay off the mortgage of his mom’s old house. Ben Foster plays Pine’s psychotic older brother, fresh out of jail who will do anything his brother asks him to do even if that is robbing banks. Foster has his first big role since ‘3:10 to Yuma’ in a role that was truly meant to be …show more content…
Toby pairs up with the only man he knows would accept to him offering such a crazy task, his brother Tanner, a man who would break every rule there is just for the ‘fun’ of trying to get away with it.
Jeff Bridges fills the classic role of a Texas ranger that is out to stop the two robbers from stealing any more money from the Texas banks that he swore to protect. Bridges attempts the best John Wayne impression that he has. For ranger Marcus it is his last case as he will be retiring after the case is closed, an unmarried man with no kids, he has nothing to lose. By his side the whole way is his partner Gil Birmingham, a christian, Native American, and Mexican man who takes any racism thrown at him by Bridges in stride, an action that seems to be a motif of the movie emphasizing the racism in Texas even today. The film did not do good at the box office rounding up a very low $31.1 million for a movie of this quality. It fell under the radar for some however it never managed to get by the critics, a captivating film that is going to get the nominations it rightly deserve at the Oscars is a must watch. It would be a crime to have the quality of a movie like this slip through the unforgiving hands of
Jeff Bridges, Ben Foster, and Chris Pine star in a revolutionary movie that was created to bring back a culture of western films. It is bound to be a classic western heist movie, and might be the 21st centuries equivalent to ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.’
Pine and Foster play the two brothers that have nothing to lose. Caught in a risky game of cat and mouse with Bridges on their tale, this movie creates …show more content…
The cinematography used by Giles Nuttgens symbolizes the heat of the desert. The musical score created by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis is full of older and upbeat music to maintain the tone throughout the movie. The screenplay by Taylor Sheridan who also wrote the gripping film ‘sicario,’ gives the viewer the feel that the script is easy to follow, and sounds very realistic. It does not give a feel that it is written by a screenwriter, but an actual person which allows the viewer to understand what is being said at all times.
Chris Pine is the newcomer to the to the unique style that is western movies. It is unknown boundaries of the vast galaxy of the genres of film for the young Chris Pine known by most as captain Kirk. Pine fit the bill perfectly as playing an inexperienced bank robber out to get enough money to pay off the mortgage of his mom’s old house. Ben Foster plays Pine’s psychotic older brother, fresh out of jail who will do anything his brother asks him to do even if that is robbing banks. Foster has his first big role since ‘3:10 to Yuma’ in a role that was truly meant to be …show more content…
Toby pairs up with the only man he knows would accept to him offering such a crazy task, his brother Tanner, a man who would break every rule there is just for the ‘fun’ of trying to get away with it.
Jeff Bridges fills the classic role of a Texas ranger that is out to stop the two robbers from stealing any more money from the Texas banks that he swore to protect. Bridges attempts the best John Wayne impression that he has. For ranger Marcus it is his last case as he will be retiring after the case is closed, an unmarried man with no kids, he has nothing to lose. By his side the whole way is his partner Gil Birmingham, a christian, Native American, and Mexican man who takes any racism thrown at him by Bridges in stride, an action that seems to be a motif of the movie emphasizing the racism in Texas even today. The film did not do good at the box office rounding up a very low $31.1 million for a movie of this quality. It fell under the radar for some however it never managed to get by the critics, a captivating film that is going to get the nominations it rightly deserve at the Oscars is a must watch. It would be a crime to have the quality of a movie like this slip through the unforgiving hands of