Hell
Or High Water 8/10
I had
heard about this movie Hell Or High Water a few months ago but didn't
really make any effort to watch it. Mostly because between all the
movies being cranked out at the end of the year and all the new TV
shows and shit to watch some really good films fall between the
cracks. This is one of those movies. It does not have a huge cast but
the few people that the story focuses on bring their A game. It stars
Chris Pine and Ben Foster as brothers Toby and Tanner Howard. Tanner
just got out of prison (you find out what he did later) and they
begin robbing banks in Texas.
Jeff
Bridges plays a a Texas Ranger named Marcus Hamilton. He plans on
retiring soon which means the countdown begins on when this poor
bastard is going to get killed. Its kind of a rule in movies. Its
like the guy who in the middle of the foxhole shows pictures of his
wife and kids before being blown to hell moments later. He and his
partner Alberto played by Gil Birmingham are tracking these two down
because their robberies are getting more bold and dangerous. That's
Tanner's fault. He is fucking nuts. Its like having a pitbull for a
brother.
I
purposely left out a lot of description about this movie because it
is a very simple premise and it ended in a way I was not expecting. I
enjoyed the story, the music, the acting, and the tenseness of this.
This is not a movie where bodies are flying all over the place and
trails of blood are being left all over Texas. This is a good hunt
movie. It reminded me of Heat in some ways and No Country For Old Men
in others. Both of those are great films so its in good company. I
never really gush over Pine but Foster was so good in this. Bridges
is almost always good and uses his cowboy voice again (the same from
True Grit and R.I.P.D) but a bit more clearer. Check this out on
Amazon.
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