Starring Chris Pine , Jeff Bridges, Ben Foster and Gil
Birmingham Hell or High Water is about two bank robber brothers and the Texas
Rangers chasing them in small West Texas towns. I knew nothing about this
movie prior to buying the Blu-Ray/DVD combo for $4.99 on Amazon. This is
an excellent movie and my pop enjoyed the movie as much as I did. While
centered around bank robberies the actors really do star here. Chris Pine
and Jeff bridges do the heavy lifting but Ben Foster and Gil Birmingham hold
their own with each of the leads. The characters are what you enjoy as
they tell this tale and that is due to a good story and acting. While it
was made in 2016 the movie really has a throwback feel to it. As always
I’m not great at analyzing movies but I can say I recommend this movie to
everyone. Trailer can be seen here. On a side note. I grew up in Southeast New Mexico and lived
there part of my adult life as well. Some of the scenes were shot in
Clovis, New Mexico where I lived for 10 years. Pretty cool seeing scenes
from a home town as well as the surrounding area I’m pretty familiar
with. Nice little connection to the movie that I didn’t know about until
after the movie though a few scenes look way familiar and now I know why – I’d
driven those streets before. I’ll do a few more quick hits on movies this
week to catch up.
