![]() First is the screenplay's dialogue, which is filled with so many "quotable" lines and exchanges between the characters, the movie holds up to multiple viewings. There are a couple additional factors that set 'Hell and High Water' apart from similar films in its genre. Again, this movie's screenplay is as intelligent as one could hope for. My first thought was, "oh, now we get to see them gamble their winnings away so their forced to rob even more".but, no, they're actually using the casino to launder the cash.cashing in for chips, then cashing those same chips out later in the evening to get different bills in return. Then there's a scene where the brothers go to a casino. doesn't want to bother, as the amounts the robbers are stealing are relatively small (a few thousand at each branch). That issue is handled in Bridges' very first scene in the movie, when his half-Comanche/half-Mexican partner, Alberto Parker (wonderfully played by Gil Birmingham), tells Marcus the F.B.I. wouldn't be involved in the case, since bank robberies are considered a federal crime. When I found out the premise of the film – including the fact that Jeff Bridges plays Marcus Hamilton, a days-from-retirement Texas Ranger who sees capturing the bank robbers as one last "hurrah" before he's put out to pasture – my first question was why the F.B.I. ![]() "Hell or High Water" hits the ground running and doesn't let up until the credits roll. In other words, this movie – unlike about 90 percent of other titles – doesn't make the audience wait for all the "fun" to begin. ![]() But in a very smart move, the movie starts right smack in the middle of the robberies (not even their first one), filling in all the background exposition that the audience needs to know through dialogue as the film progresses. Like most movies of this type, I assumed the first half hour to 45 minutes would be all set-up, showing how the brothers got into this financial trouble to begin with. If you've seen the trailer for this movie, it's no spoiler to reveal that the story is about a pair of West Texas brothers (played by Chris Pine and Ben Foster) who start robbing from various branches of Texas Midlands Bank in order to raise enough money to stop the bank from foreclosing on their family's ranch. ![]() Yet, thanks to a brilliant script by Taylor Sheridan (the same guy who penned Sicario), and great performances across the board, 'Hell or High Water' isn't just one of the best movies of its type, it may very well be the best movie of 2016. Nor is it the first one where the filmmakers make the bank robbers sympathetic in both their goals and their characterizations. 'Hell or High Water' is far from the first movie about bank robbers and the law enforcement officers who try to track them down. ![]()
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