'The career resurgence of Nicolas Cage hits a speed bump with the new Western 'The Old Way,' a snooze that copies about 50 other genre predecessors,' writes nschager.
, in fact), it’s a film with no originality and even less grace. All it has going for it is Cage’s rather impressive commitment to his archetypal role as a reformed badass forced to resume killing in service of vengeance—and, in doing so, to become the very sort of father his daughter needs.
Twenty years later, Colton is a clean-shaven businessman with a doting wife named Ruth and a stern daughter named Brooke whose severity causes her to butt heads with her dad—even though it also marks her as a chip off the old homicidal block. Alas, Colton’s happy domesticity isn’t to be.
In a twist that everyone will see coming, James and his personality-free crew—Boots , Big Mike and Eustice —murder Ruth, albeit not before she warns them with a knowing cackle, “You boys have woke the devil!” While this is “a new age” in which men pay attention to their kids and outlaws have transformed into respectable members of society, Colton takes this assassination badly, immediately reverting to his former self—hence the movie’s...
The entire affair has the air of an anachronistic cosplaying lark, with Clint Howard generating some mild amusement from his semi-enthusiastic Walter Brennan riff. Le Gros sneers and leers with gusto but he doesn’t get a single interesting thing to do. Armstrong at least receives one moment to shine opposite Cage—pitifully mimicking tearful wails in order to lure an adversary into a trap – although she’s generally as stiff as the rest of the proceedings.
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