Review of Hell or High Water (2016) by Gmreviews — 19 Sep 2016

Hell or High Water is definitely the best film of the summer and will be in the top three films of the year. This film immediately introduces two brothers, who create such a brilliant on screen chemistry, that it guiltily forces you to almost root for these characters, despite the crimes they are committing, which at first almost brands them as general criminals who have the urge to rob and go with the excitement of a heist – but as the story progresses in its brilliant pace, they’re fleshed out as humane, definitely selfless, and with one of the brothers, regrettable in their actions.

Though this film succeeds in its full-bodied character development and emotion resonance with the film following the brothers, its Jeff Bridges and his partner who really add that special extra something.

The sense that this may be his final police job due to his many years on the job, and the fact he’s physically weaker than he used to be, could of shifted the genre of the film into a more serious drama, however, a great amount of humour is used between Bridges and his partner – and is done so well that it comes off very unique, and adds the understanding that there is really no villains in this film, and so when the film dramatises involving the main characters, it’s unlike any action scene in other modern movies, because you don’t wish to see any of the characters hurt in anyway.

Also, this film carries Texas once again onto the silver screen in great fashion, this film is a brilliant display of the culture in the state, so with all those reasons, despite the rating saying it’s an 8/10, this film gets from me, an 8.