Review of Hell or High Water (2016) by Yezo — 23 Oct 2016

I think it is not a bad movie but not very a good one either. It is going to be controversial because as far as I am concerned, most people like this movie and the casts are famous. (but that does not change how I evaluate this movie).

First of all, spoiler alert. This movie's plot is about someone robbing a few banks and manage to get away from it and be rich at the end. And giving a reason (for his kids) so it can be justified. Basically casually robbed a few banks, killing a few civilians and policemen, and sacrifice his brother. If a lot of American like the plot, I am not surprised why plenty of people support Donald Trump. It is no way this concept make any sense to the rest of the world (America is not world if someone is confused).

Back to the plot, how Toby not being recognised, the cafe lady and 3 cowboys were in the cafe. I could understand the cafe lady might pity Toby by Chris Pine good looking, but surely the 3 cowboys would have recognised him. The car dealer would have recognised him. And the police would also found out he was crossing somewhere very close to the incident where his ID was checked. And only the ranger thinks Toby is the suspect. Anyway, let's settle with the plot.

Acting, the most remarkable actor would be the actress who sold T-bones. The ranger, he is ok, did his character of being a dick, bullying his colleague (again in a justified way so his Mexican colleague would remember him), and he felt sad and joy to take revenge for his death colleague. I suppose there would be some feelings for the ranger character when he went to Toby's place to confront him. Because the ranger thinks and believes Toby is the mastermind behind this thing and should be responsible for the death of his colleague. There might be some acting on those conflicts of the emotions although I could not quite see it (100% because I am not expert in acting).

About filming, the place looks quite pretty, or cinematographic. I suppose I could relate this movie to the style of Revenant. Many pretty sky and landscapes pictures. Unlike the majority preference, I do think the storyline and/or the message behind the movie is more important than those graphics around it. I mean it is nice to have it around. For example, nba2k has good graphics, but gameplay sucks. Hence, nba2k is a **** game. Same principle apply when I watch movies. Nothing against graphics, good to be there, not really upset if it is not there, unless I am watching a documentary.