Tuesday, September 13, 2016

High-Water Mark


Over the weekend I saw a film I can highly recommend to everyone here: David McKenzie's vastly entertaining Hell or High Water. At first it seems like another bank robbery film, a western that substitutes cars for horses, but Taylor Sheridan's script is intelligent, witty, and always couple of steps ahead of the audience. The deft performances by Chris Pine, Ben Foster, and the always welcome Jeff Bridges help make it a film where the action is always subordinated to the characters and their emotional development.  After a summer of over-plotted plodding blockbusters it's a pleasant surprise to see a stunning film that cost only 12 million dollars to make.

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