Hell or High Water

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Hell or High Water is a crime thriller written by Sicario screenwriter Taylor Sheridan and directed by David Mackenzie (Starred Up). Sheridan’s script was featured on the 2012 Black List with the title Comancheria. The film premiered at Cannes this year and stars Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gil Birmingham, and Jeff Bridges.

A story about the collision of the Old and New West, two brothers — Toby (Chris Pine), a straight-living, divorced father trying to make a better life for his son; and Tanner (Ben Foster), a short-tempered ex- con with a loose trigger finger — come together to rob branch after branch of the bank that is foreclosing on their family land. The hold- ups are part of a last-ditch scheme to take back a future that powerful forces beyond their control have stolen from under their feet. Vengeance seems to be theirs until they find themselves in the crosshairs of a relentless, foul-mouthed Texas Ranger (Jeff Bridges) looking for one last triumph on the eve of his retirement. As the brothers plot a final bank heist to complete their plan, a showdown looms at the crossroads where the last honest law man and a pair of brothers with nothing to live for except family collide.

“As a filmmaker I’m always drawn to stories which are not black and white in terms of their moral shades,” says Mackenzie. “So one of the elements I was interested in of this film was this thing that I call ‘redemptive criminality’ where good people do bad things for good reasons.”

Hell or High Water is rated 14A.