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Australian release date: 10/8/17. Viewed: 9/9/17.
Director:
Taylor Sheridan
Actors:
Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Graham Greene, Kelsey Asbille
Genre: Mystery
/ Drama
Rating:
MA
‘Wind River’ is from the writer of ‘Sicario’
& ‘Hell or High Water’, but is only Sheridan’s second directorial effort,
which makes it all the more impressive. It’s a really simple plot – a Native American
teenager is found dead, by Lambert (Renner) in the Wind River reservation and Banner
(Olsen) is the FBI agent assigned to solve the case. Lambert is a tracker and
hunter ad knows the terrain, so helps local cop Ben (Greene) and Banner in the
snowy mountains.
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis bring their
sparse, ‘Skeleton Tree’-like sounds to the score and soundtrack, and it definitely
helps set the mood and highlight the sparseness of the northern Winter (or Spring,
technically). The film moves along quite rapidly, with the investigation never
boring, but still time to build plenty of backstory for Lambert and the
reservation.
The final 20min or so is handled really
well, with a few surprises thrown in. Similar to the Australian-set ‘Goldstone’
in some ways. It all looks beautiful (odd that it was filmed in Utah, not in
the real-life reservation in Wyoming), with plenty of nice scenic and animal
shots, but also plenty of sadness. Renner and Olsen carry the film with nuanced performances, and there’s
thankfully no romantic distractions. It’s just a great, straightforward
crime-solving scenario, done right.
Overall: Really well-made murder
mystery.
Gav's Rating: 4 stars.
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