Rating of
3.5/4
whatch22 - wrote on 03/21/18
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.
