(contains minor
spoilers)
It is so obvious from Hell or High Water that screenwriter Taylor Sheridan is a Texan native that
I haven’t even Googled it. The dialogue,
hyper-masculinity, derisory sense of humour and 2nd amendment
fetishism of this Wild West Road Movie all scream a lifetime’s research in the
Lone Star State.
Two brothers, Toby (Chris Pine) & Tanner (Ben
Foster), are robbing small town banks for small bills with nothing but
pistols and balaclavas and a “shitty” getaway car. The money, for Toby, is for a family emergency
and strictly business, yet Tanner is fresh out of jail and enjoys the thrill of
the heist. The film then evolves into a
double buddy-movie retiring detective Marcus (Jeff Bridges) and Native American Alberto (Gil Birmingham) bickering like an old odd-couple as they follow the
brothers’ tracks.
