Hell or High water (2016)

	Also Known As: Comancheria
	Year of first release: 2016
	Director: David Mackenzie
	Actors: Ben Foster, Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham
	Country: USA
	Genre: Western, Polar
	Conditions of visioning: 21.11.2016, Schauburg, OV Sneak Preview, English without subtitle
Synopsis: After the death of their mother, the two brothers Tanner (Foster) and Toby (Pine) start a series of hold-ups in West Texas. As almost retired ranger Marcus Hamilton (Bridges) and his deputy Alberto Parker (Birmingham) take the file they quickly notice that only one bank is targetted. Indeed the brothers have to pay back the bank for the house credit.
Review: The story, the location and the action is like in a classical western of the John Wayne times. Instead of horses, the Texan people ride SUVs. The series of hold-ups, the way they hide the cars, the way they talk, the slow and torrid atmosphere sweats from the screen. Therefore good directing. We do not see any horse. This is good not to remind any old western but to settle this western as a modern one. And it is modern. In the sense of time. And the modern idea to present the banks as the ultimate bad guys. Even if it is not explicitly stated (it remains a North American movie!). Even the walk of John Wayne is copied by Jeff Bridges. The scene when the village follows the thieves on the road is like an old western, same photography, same rythm.
Rating: 5 /10