Hell or High Water

Hell or High Water

Rating 5 out of 10

Watching the trailer for this it looked interesting.  Great cast.  Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine and Ben Foster.  Has a bit of the old Western movie feel even though it's modern day.  Then there is the good reviews on www.rottentomatoes.com.  Actually GREAT reviews.  As I have said in the past it makes me nervous when a movie gets positive reviews in the 90+%.  Hell or High Water is sitting at 98% positive reviews.  I always have to wonder about any movie where 149 of 152 goofball movie reviewers gave it a positive review.  That's the case here.  This is not a bad movie.  It's just VERY slow.

Toby and Tanner (Pine and Foster) are brothers. Tanner is the bad sheep that shot their abusive dad so many years ago and spent ten years in prison. Where Toby is the good kid that stayed around to take care if their terminal mother in her last year.  Mom left the family West Texas farm in debt and very close to foreclosure.  The brothers get together and start robbing banks in order to save the family farm.  Sheriff Marcus (Bridges) is three weeks away from retirement and makes finding these brothers his mission in life.

While the movie itself seems to have the budget of a loaded SUV, the acting is quite good.  Jeff Bridges is always fantastic and he is in good form here.  If you like a movie that builds to a slow boil without all the special effects and don't care if the story is on the predictable side you will enjoy this one.  I was mildly entertained.