Quick Movie Reviews
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3/4
Matthew Brady - wrote on 06/08/2023
I can’t believe it took me this long to get around to watching this, but man what a freaking great movie. Jeff Bridges received a well-deserved Oscar nomination for this, but Ben Foster and Chris Pine were snubbed for a nomination, as this is the best I’ve seen from both of them.
Rating of
3/4
Ian - wrote on 12/28/2020
Two brother desperately try to rob enough money to stop the foreclosure on their family ranch. Plenty of small town scenery and old-school country to go along with the gunfights and car chases.
Rating of
4/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/17/2019
A heated neo-western with a bit of family drama, "Hell or High Water" has got to be the best mid-west crime thriller since "No Country For Old Men."
Rating of
3.5/4
whatch22 - wrote on 03/21/2018
Hell or High Water is a modern western masterpiece due to remarkable performances from everyone involved. The primary roles belong to Chris Pine and Ben Foster, who portray criminal brothers, and Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham, who are the cops that are on their trail. Pine is the more measured brother, while Foster plays the unhinged one. Bridges is the Texas Ranger nearing retirement, and Birmingham is his long-suffering partner. I was invested in both relationships, and it’s a credit to the men involved that the tension remains ramped up high to the final moments of the film. The performances of Jeff Bridges and Ben Foster in particular I rank highly as both being some of the best of the year.
Rating of
3/4
Chris Kavan - wrote on 02/03/2017
Is is a crime to rob the people who robbed you? In an all-too real situation a pair of brothers (a hot-headed ex-con and a grounded rancher looking to do right for his family) rob a series of banks to save their ranch from foreclosure and losing the oil just discovered. Meanwhile a near-retired Texas marshal tries to track down these thieves before things inevitably get out of hand. It's can take awhile to build up, but this is a good story full of character and hard choices.
