Sheltered in my Los Angeles bubble, I can't believe that this crime movie had an accurate measure of the true pulse of the country. Texan outlaws rob banks to fight what appears to be a rigged system; the Texas Ranger who tracks them realizes that much of the population feels the same exact way. Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine and Ben Foster lead a crime spree through a depressed, forgotten America. Hell or High Water Blu-ray + DVD Lionsgate 2016 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 122 min. / Street Date November 8, 2016 / 19.96 Starring Ben Foster, Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges, Alberto Parker, Katy Mixon, Kevin Rankin, Marin Ireland, John-Paul Howard, Melanie Papalia. Cinematography Giles Nuttgens Film Editor Jake Roberts Original Music Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Written by Taylor Sheridan Produced by Peter Berg, Carla Hacken, Sidney Kimmel, Julie Yorn Directed by David Mackenzie
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Someone nominate actor/screenwriter Taylor Sheridan for public office: between this movie...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Someone nominate actor/screenwriter Taylor Sheridan for public office: between this movie...
- 11/15/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
MaryAnn’s quick take…
Alongside plenty of heist-movie humor and suspense is a bleak fatalism grounded in depressing reality and resignation to the miserable necessity it demands. I’m “biast” (pro): love the cast, love the filmmakers
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
The phrase “come hell or high water” is almost always used in the hypothetical. As an exaggeration of the obstacles to be faced. “I will meet you for a drink after work come hell or high water,” and a printer jam or a late deadline is the level of catastrophe to be overcome.
But in Hell or High Water, the catastrophe has already happened. Hell and (metaphorical) high water have come and gone, and there’s still life to be gotten on with. It has happened in slow motion, but it’s been deliberate: a way of life,...
Alongside plenty of heist-movie humor and suspense is a bleak fatalism grounded in depressing reality and resignation to the miserable necessity it demands. I’m “biast” (pro): love the cast, love the filmmakers
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
The phrase “come hell or high water” is almost always used in the hypothetical. As an exaggeration of the obstacles to be faced. “I will meet you for a drink after work come hell or high water,” and a printer jam or a late deadline is the level of catastrophe to be overcome.
But in Hell or High Water, the catastrophe has already happened. Hell and (metaphorical) high water have come and gone, and there’s still life to be gotten on with. It has happened in slow motion, but it’s been deliberate: a way of life,...
- 9/13/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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