8/10
A Very Refreshing Take on Westerns
16 May 2022
Warning: Spoilers
-It's a modern western which is honestly a really cool idea. It feels like gangs facing each other yet also cowboys. It draws a lot of parallels between westerns and modern crime.

-Love the representation of African American actors in this movie. There's next to no white actors and it's a western lol. I love the irony. It's like a metaphorical African American reclaiming of white, racist westerns. It's very interesting.

-KILLER soundtrack.

-Great dialogue.

-Great action and interesting revenge plot. Both were just realistic enough and just over-the-top enough to be very funny and very serious. This movie definitely had a lot of fun.

-GREAT camera work. I love it. It's also overdone but also grounded enough in western tropes to be endearing.

-Worth at least one watch in your life. Pretty awesome. It reminds me of Key's movies that use metaphors to criticize ideas and society "Get Out" and "Us".

-Slowed down after the girl is captured (which was also stupid. Why tf did she go?). It felt like a side quest before the main plot picks up again finally lol. It was pretty boring.

-Did not like the acting of the supposed best gun slinger with the opposing crew. His acting was so still and emotionless, and not in a good way.

-Some lines that were presented as badass and cool felt super cringe-y. Like... give me a break. I will admit the movie is badass escapism, but sometimes it just gets annoyingly stupid.

-It can also get a little too artsy sometimes. Really hard to pin down what the purpose is of some scenes at times.
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