Review of Wind River (2017) by Moviemitch96 — 17 Aug 2017

I felt this to be slightly the weakest in what's come to be known as Taylor Sheridan's American Frontier trilogy, following 'Sicario' and 'Hell or High Water'. Nonetheless, it's still quite a solid, yet a bit more slow burn of a film that maintains the same tense and unpredictable atmosphere.

Just as he did with 'Sicario' and 'Hell or High Water', Sheridan brilliantly crafts a screenplay with a gritty and absorbing story and characters, but in addition, this time he even gets in the director's chair for the first time in this one, truly proving his worth and talent as not just a superb storyteller, but filmmaker as well.

Rounded out with strong performances from Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen, and you've got a great thriller with quite a dark, yet compelling story to tell. Overall, like I said before, my only gripe with this one is that it ended up being a bit more subtle and slow burn than I expected, especially compared to 'Sicario' and 'Hell or High Water', but it's still well worth anyone's time who enjoyed those two films or are simply just looking for an all-around great and often times tense film.