Review of Ride with the Devil (1999) by Buggy B — 11 May 2014

Harrowing epic about a little known band of civil war fighter known as the "bushwhackers" who used guerrilla warfare to destroy Yankee targets. I liked this quite a bit, a part of American history that I knew nothing about.

Episodic in its telling, I felt that this told the true story, there weren't any heroes here. Excellent battle scenes filled with hundreds of extras and great horse stunts. Well acted too with a huge (mostly unrecognizable) cast due to all the wigs and period costumes.

Tobey Maguire is really good as is Jonathon Rhys Meyers, whose wild, long haired character stole every scene he was in. The romance was okay, overall it did waffle in parts with long sections of character development followed by another legendary, bloody battle.

Not many left alive by the end but I liked how this played out. 5/11/14.