Review of Wind River (2017) by Daniel_Webster — 02 Sep 2017

Wind River is a tragic misstep, in the acclaimed writing career of director, Taylor Sheridan. The film starts off well with the beautiful view, of a frozen terrain, on a Native American Reservation. Unfortunately for Sheridan, it's all downhill from there. His script and his two leads, are about as misguided as the competence level of FBI agent Jane Banner, played by Olsen, in what is arguably, one of the worst performances of her young career. Now let's move on to Renner, who plays Corey Lambert, a games tracker on the Wind River Reservation, the man who first discovers the dead body, of a young female, by the name of Natalie. When Renner isn't spewing, ridiculous, self-centered monologues, about pain and suffering, he's upping the masculine superiority within Sheridan's script, by outshining Jane Banner and even the local police officers, in their hunt to bring Natalie's family justice.

Sheridan's directorial debut is a missable one and to put it simply, an overrated spectacle, with a screenplay that is awkwardly paced, filled with over the top violence, weak dialogue, and two leads, who have forgotten how to act, during their time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Instead of his usual top notch suspense, Sheridan settles for cheap thrills and obvious conclusions.