When her daughter is kidnapped, a woman has to reunite with her estranged father to track her down.....
Ron Howard has made an impressive movie. He stages some impressive sequences, some with a touch of horror mainly due to the villain, El Brujo. The climax of the movie is also well handled. And as he has showing repeatedly, gets excellent performances from his cast.
It does help that he has cast two of the best actors working in Hollywood in the lead roles. Cate Blanchett is as good as always as Magdalena a woman determined to get her daughter back no mater what. Tommy Lee Jones cast as her father is also very good. They are given good material to work with in Ken Kaufman's screenplay, which is based on a novel by Thomas Eidson.
In truth however, it's a story that could work in almost any setting, such as modern day, or in any genre. It so happens to be western set, but as I said, there is a touch of the supernatural with regard to the main villain, El Brujo, which is an interesting twist.
While it won't be considered an all-out action western, it's never supposed to be. What it is however, is a tense and gripping movie, that also works on an emotional level too.
It's well worth checking out.
Ron Howard has made an impressive movie. He stages some impressive sequences, some with a touch of horror mainly due to the villain, El Brujo. The climax of the movie is also well handled. And as he has showing repeatedly, gets excellent performances from his cast.
It does help that he has cast two of the best actors working in Hollywood in the lead roles. Cate Blanchett is as good as always as Magdalena a woman determined to get her daughter back no mater what. Tommy Lee Jones cast as her father is also very good. They are given good material to work with in Ken Kaufman's screenplay, which is based on a novel by Thomas Eidson.
In truth however, it's a story that could work in almost any setting, such as modern day, or in any genre. It so happens to be western set, but as I said, there is a touch of the supernatural with regard to the main villain, El Brujo, which is an interesting twist.
While it won't be considered an all-out action western, it's never supposed to be. What it is however, is a tense and gripping movie, that also works on an emotional level too.
It's well worth checking out.