
In Texas, after the death of his mother, the unemployed oil and gas worker Toby Howard is losing his ranch to the Texas Midlands Bank. Toby is divorced from his wife who lives with their two sons. When his brother Tanner Howard is released from the prison, they team up to rob agencies of the Texas Midlands Bank to raise money to pay the loan so that Toby may leave the real estate to his sons. Meanwhile the Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton who is near retirement and his Native Ame... (Full plot summary below)
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In Texas, after the death of his mother, the unemployed oil and gas worker Toby Howard is losing his ranch to the Texas Midlands Bank. Toby is divorced from his wife who lives with their two sons. When his brother Tanner Howard is released from the prison, they team up to rob agencies of the Texas Midlands Bank to raise money to pay the loan so that Toby may leave the real estate to his sons. Meanwhile the Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton who is near retirement and his Native American-descendant partner Alberto Parker try to anticipate the next move of the thieves.
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| Cinemaphile.orgDavid KeyesA real film, full of wit and insight, and carried by actors that rise above the pointedness of their dialogue to discover something profound within their limited ideologies. |
| ExcelsiorAdrián RuizA precise western, accompanied by accurate and corrosive dialogues where Texas becomes an X-ray of an economically collapsed country. [Full review in Spanish] |
| El Mundo (Spain)Luis MartínezOne of the best films of the season, the director manages to come up with something like an X-ray of a desperate time. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Concrete PlaygroundSarah WardA film built dirt-up from the tiniest of details - a parade of sepia-tinted small towns here, a slow drawl masking unspoken pain there. |
| New Zealand HeraldRussell BaillieHell, it sets a high water mark for movies this year. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussWorrying his lines like a plug of chaw, Jeff Bridges again proves that an extreme, even expressionistic characterization can be an unlikely vehicle for emotional honesty. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonAlongside plenty of heist-movie humor and suspense is a bleak fatalism grounded in depressing reality and resignation to the miserable necessity it demands. |
| Sunday Independent (Ireland)Hilary A WhiteAlways an actor of huge vitality, Foster gives a career best while Pine shows he's far more than just a pretty face. The landscape belongs to Bridges, however. |
| RTÉ (Ireland)Harry GuerinIt really would be a crime if Hell or High Water didn't get some recognition come awards time. It'll definitely leave its dust in your bones, and something in your eye. |
| Daily Mail (UK)Brian VinerOne of the best pictures I have seen all year. |