Jeff Bridges as a Texas Ranger (on the eve of retirement, naturally) chasing Chris Pine and his insane brother across West Texas on a bank robbery spree
When the story sticks to this tension and conflict, it is pretty great. When it frequently reverts to hitting the audience over the head with the message that "banks are bad!" it doesn't work as well.
A little of the Coen Brothers' (whose No Country For Old Men it evokes) touch of understatement and deadpan would have gone a long way to elevating the film to something truly great.
Still, it's a fun and mostly fresh take on the modern western genre. But like the writer's previous script, Sicario, I found myself wanting to like it just slightly more than I actually did
When the story sticks to this tension and conflict, it is pretty great. When it frequently reverts to hitting the audience over the head with the message that "banks are bad!" it doesn't work as well.
A little of the Coen Brothers' (whose No Country For Old Men it evokes) touch of understatement and deadpan would have gone a long way to elevating the film to something truly great.
Still, it's a fun and mostly fresh take on the modern western genre. But like the writer's previous script, Sicario, I found myself wanting to like it just slightly more than I actually did
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