Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Dwight Yoakam, Eduardo Minett
Time: 104 minutes
Mike Milo is a washed-up retired
rodeo star whose life fell apart after his wife and kid were killed in an
accident. His ex-boss asks him for a favor: Travel from Texas to Mexico, to
bring back the son he left behind with the kid’s mother years before.
This neo-western drama is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Richard Nash. I always have been a fan of Eastwood’s movies. He has a knack for keeping it simple and delivering characters you can relate to and care about. This movie is no exception to that. It’s not hard to care about Milo’s quest and about the kid he is trying to bring back to the US.
I must say, though, that, as an actor, Clint is starting to look his age. It is less and less believable to see him going on like that, though he at least did not make himself out to look totally macho and badass, which would have been too much of a step. The movie carries a cool message about macho being overrated, but the whole thing felt a little incomplete, as if there were some missing elements to the story. Not a bad film, just not up to the usual Eastwood standards.
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