Ok writing, good directing and acting. It does have some flaws but holds its own as a thriller.
The story takes place in a rural area where the oil industry erodes the traditional country/cowboy life and brings big city crime. The environment is not clearly portrayed, but the characters are developed enough to not feel a stereotypes, and the story feels realistic and interesting.
At the center of the story are young people from the bottom of the social ladder, unable to find a place and victimized by various corrupt characters. That's as much as we are shown about their environment, except for other unsavory characters and a handful of honest people trying to make a living and helping.
Within the above limitations, the scenes and dialogs are well developed and directed, and the plot twist and turns frequently making this also an action flick that holds interest to its end.
The Bygone
2019
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
The Bygone
2019
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Plot summary
When a young rancher crosses paths with a Lakota girl from a nearby reservation, her mysterious disappearance sparks a search that uncovers a harrowing past and hints at a dire future.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
March 14, 2021 at 02:02 PM
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A western noir? It works and entertains
A modern western
The movie is well directed and there is some nice locations. The cast is not very well known, but they did an okay job I think. Its not a blockbuster, but it kept me interested all though some scenes could have been better.
"... who's to say cowboys and Indians all disappeared?"
This isn't a bad little film from an independent production company, despite all the negative reviews to be found here. I hadn't heard or seen any of the principals in the picture before, and they did a credible, if elementary job in their respective roles. The story involves human trafficking for the purpose of selling Native American women into prostitution, a hideous subject to be sure, and an unlikely one for a neo-noir, modern day Western, but it serves as an interesting subject. The main bad guy is the one who stands out here, Dominic Chapel, going by the name of Paris (Shawn Hatosy) is an opportunist who victimizes young Indian women by treating them nicely at first, and then kidnapping them into his web of corruption. The hero in the story is atypical in the sense that for most of the story he's powerless, getting beat upon and finding it a struggle to stand up to the bully and his stand-by thugs. But from the moment Kip Summer (Graham Phillips) inadvertently saves Laura/Waniya (Sydney Schafer) from an aggressive predator, he takes it upon himself to deliver her from a tortured existence at the hands of her tormentor. There's also a side story that will remind you of countless B Westerns whereby Kip's uncle Beckett (Ritchie Coster) attempts to finagle his brother's (Jamie McShane) vast ranch out from under him with the intent of procuring an oil pipeline. The finale ratchets up to an inevitable conclusion in which the showdown between Kip and the merciless Paris is somewhat predictably handled by Waniya, who ultimately finds the courage to stand up for herself. In another nod to countless Westerns of all stripes, the hero and the girl take that fateful ride on horseback, if not into the sunset, at least to the prospect of a better life.