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Wild Horses
Texas Ranger Samantha Payne reopens a 15-year-old missing person case, and uncovers evidence that suggests that the boy was likely murdered on a ranch belonging to wealthy family man, Scott Briggs. When Scott’s estranged son unexpectedly returns home during the investigation, Samantha becomes even more convinced that the Briggs family was involved, and will stop at nothing to discover the truth about the boy’s death - even putting her own life in jeopardy.
Release : | 2015 |
Rating : | 4.8 |
Studio : | Patriot Pictures, Voltage Pictures, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Production Design, |
Cast : | Robert Duvall James Franco Josh Hartnett Adriana Barraza Jim Parrack |
Genre : | Drama Thriller Crime |
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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Very well executed
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Robert Duvall wrote, directed and starred in "Wild Horses", a modern day Western that has little bearing between the title and actual story taking place. It's sort of a family drama interspersed with a criminal investigation focused on Duvall's character, ranch owner Scott Briggs. Until I read some of the other reviews here, I didn't know the actress Luciana Pedraza was Duvall's real life wife. She's the Texas Ranger attempting to link Briggs with the disappearance and presumed murder of a Mexican teenager who had a relationship with Briggs's son Ben (James Franco) some fifteen years earlier. With the cold case reopened, Briggs is caught up short and scrambles to keep himself in the clear about what happened so many years ago.I'm not as upset about the film as a lot of commenters on this board seem to be. Duvall may be settling into a comfortable pattern of characters in his latest movie roles, but that's no reason to fault his ability. He delivers his lines with nuance and determination, and I for one don't mind the pacing of his pictures like "A Night in Old Mexico" and the one under consideration here.What kept me off balance however was Franco's portrayal of son Ben. Alternately conflicted and reconciled with his father over his own sexual identity, his motivation in telling the elder Briggs he never wanted to see him again after the truth came out about the Davis death didn't ring true for me. After all, Briggs didn't actually kill Davis, it was a horrible accident for which he was present and might have borne second or third degree culpability. If anything, his 'crime' was remaining silent for the last decade and a half, but coming clean seemed like what should have been a redemptive moment. I guess what I'm saying is that that whole scenario needed a better working over to come across more effectively.As it is, when Scott Briggs pulled over on the side of the road, I felt he had already telegraphed the outcome of the movie. The off screen gun shot brought his personal ordeal and anguish to an end, and if you think about it, not many actors would write themselves into a screenplay in which they come out as a failed human being. Give Duvall credit at least for taking that kind of risk near the end of a long and productive career.
When you have Robert Duvall, James Franco and Josh Hartnett it would be a challenge to make a bad movie, while this is not a horrendous film it has a huge amount of flaws. Casting your wife in the film might earn you brownie points but she takes wooden to a whole new level. I can only presume the director wanted her to spend the film acting like a trauma victim. This was a real disjointed film with things thrown in which added nothing to the plot, what was going on with Josh Harnett and his wife? someone tries to murder a Texas Ranger and nothing is done or even discussed, what did the Will scene add to the film? Some excellent cinematography of the mountains and plains can not rescue the film, it is poorly paced with little tension and an awful script some of the support actors appear to be reading from cue cards. The central 'reveal' is mundane and a bit stupid, you are chased from a house by a gun toting redneck so you hide in the barn? then when the horse kick kills him Robert Duvall thinks it is a good idea to bury the body? it makes no sense. Shame with the talent available we ended with entirely forgettable film
Maybe I'm simple minded, but I enjoyed watching the movie. No it wasn't an "A" movie and never expected it to be. As for Robert Duval what can said that hasn't been said. Maybe, many of the critic don't like him, but he is one of the great actors of our time. Lots of things could have been put into the movie, sex, passionate love, shoot outs, more car chases, conflict, but no the movie had snippets of a man who has gotten his own way all his life with as little attachment as possible. The rules are his and he rules the roost. All the while his inner emotions longed control now must come out as his end in life nears. The weak side of the movie is the beginning and the why of it. Another weakness is character development. All in all, I enjoyed it, but cannot say it is a favorite.
Scott Briggs (Duvall) is suspected of killing Jimmy Davis, his son Ben's (James Franco) gay lover 15-years ago and the Texas Rangers open the cold case.That is the main thrust in here, everything else is a disjointed v distraction. The script is bad, the acting by Duvall is not good and we are getting tired of him acting like a perpetual curmudgeon. Hey, it worked when he was Gus in Lonesome Dove but not in here. Everything he did was forced and had us cringing. Maybe writing, directing, acting and producing all of this took it's toll. Who knows? It just wasn't good. Notables: James Franco as Ben who comes back for the reading of the Will (yes, while Scott is still alive) and he tries to bond with his father; Josh Hartnett as KC, Scott's son; Devon Abner as Johnny, another son of Scott Briggs. However some scenes with them were awkward and forced. Luciana Pedraza as Samatha the Texas Ranger Detective seemed too tense throughout and kind of unsure of her presence.Many scenes were awkward and forced, but the real culprit is the script. Very bad. The story jumped around too much and we were not sure just what this movie was about. Sub plots: Jim Parrack as Sheriff's Deputy Rogers involved in watching Texas Ranger Samantha for Scott Briggs, and also involved in drug running; the reading of the Will when Briggs' sons find out that they have a sister in Maria (Angie Cepeda). If you keep in mind that the Texas Rangers are focusing on Scott Briggs as they feel he was somehow involved in the disappearance of Jimmy Davis 15-years ago, you should be okay. There is a resolution and we were not happy with it. Came up abruptly and we didn't believe it. Will you? (3/10)Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: Soft stuff.