Hell or High Water (2017)
It has got opposition against corporate American written all over it. This movie must have liberal democrats drooling all over. It is a simple neo-Western story like the one one sees in a pulp fiction. Two brothers go on a bank robbing spree and two Texas Rangers going after them. Doesn't sound original, does it? In fact, it could have been plucked from the many Westerns we have seen before. But, see beyond it. There are no horses and there is more than meets the eye.
In the modern world, being born poor is like hereditary disease passed from generation to generation. The poor is caught in a spiral, like a snake catching its own tail, a vicious cyclical self-defeating spiral. To come out of the rut, you need money which is sparse when you are poor. And to top it all, education, which the elites claim is the sure pass to unchain the shackles of poverty is no cheap feat. There appears to be a concerted effort to keep the poor poorer and the rich richer than they already are. Money begets money and destitution multiply helplessness. The bigger corporations, in cahoots with the powers that be who were elected to keep the general public's interest at heart, have standards that tighten the screws on the members of the lower rung of the society. They go on their work like business as usual. Come what may, come hell or high water, they will ensure their profits and share-owners' dividends do not dwindle, even by a dime!
This film tells a tale of two brothers who had just lost their old mother. The elder brother had just been released from prison. They had grown under an abusive father. The younger had himself gone through some rough patch. He had cared for his demandingly sick mother and pines for over his ex-wife and his two young sons. The family farm had seen better times. It had been neglected by him and is soon to be repossessed by the banks after some shady legal wranglings. To top it all, there could be petroleum in their land! So, the brothers came with a series of bank robberies from the same bank that is executing the foreclosure to pay them back and place a trust in the same bank for the younger brother's family!
Hot on their trail is an unlikely duo of Texas Rangers; a near to retirement racist-statement rantings Ranger and his Native-Mexican assistant who just had it with his boss. Even though the story is predictable, the movie remains memorable for its good acting, the unforgettable lines with heavy Southerner mannerism and figure of speech and the hopeless environment that it depicts - the real picture of inland America - in debt, empty, dirty and sleepy towns with no economic activities. The only viable business is eatery and banks! And the whole system, the long arms of the law and even the public is out to protect the big guys, the corporation.
Memorable lines...
It has got opposition against corporate American written all over it. This movie must have liberal democrats drooling all over. It is a simple neo-Western story like the one one sees in a pulp fiction. Two brothers go on a bank robbing spree and two Texas Rangers going after them. Doesn't sound original, does it? In fact, it could have been plucked from the many Westerns we have seen before. But, see beyond it. There are no horses and there is more than meets the eye.In the modern world, being born poor is like hereditary disease passed from generation to generation. The poor is caught in a spiral, like a snake catching its own tail, a vicious cyclical self-defeating spiral. To come out of the rut, you need money which is sparse when you are poor. And to top it all, education, which the elites claim is the sure pass to unchain the shackles of poverty is no cheap feat. There appears to be a concerted effort to keep the poor poorer and the rich richer than they already are. Money begets money and destitution multiply helplessness. The bigger corporations, in cahoots with the powers that be who were elected to keep the general public's interest at heart, have standards that tighten the screws on the members of the lower rung of the society. They go on their work like business as usual. Come what may, come hell or high water, they will ensure their profits and share-owners' dividends do not dwindle, even by a dime!
This film tells a tale of two brothers who had just lost their old mother. The elder brother had just been released from prison. They had grown under an abusive father. The younger had himself gone through some rough patch. He had cared for his demandingly sick mother and pines for over his ex-wife and his two young sons. The family farm had seen better times. It had been neglected by him and is soon to be repossessed by the banks after some shady legal wranglings. To top it all, there could be petroleum in their land! So, the brothers came with a series of bank robberies from the same bank that is executing the foreclosure to pay them back and place a trust in the same bank for the younger brother's family!
Hot on their trail is an unlikely duo of Texas Rangers; a near to retirement racist-statement rantings Ranger and his Native-Mexican assistant who just had it with his boss. Even though the story is predictable, the movie remains memorable for its good acting, the unforgettable lines with heavy Southerner mannerism and figure of speech and the hopeless environment that it depicts - the real picture of inland America - in debt, empty, dirty and sleepy towns with no economic activities. The only viable business is eatery and banks! And the whole system, the long arms of the law and even the public is out to protect the big guys, the corporation.
Memorable lines...
- I've been poor my whole life, like a disease passing from generation to generation. But, not my boys, not anymore.
- He wouldn't know God if he crawled up his pant leg and bit him on the pecker. (referring to an evangelist)
- Blood always follows the money.
- Sometimes a blind pig finds a truffle. (one time lucky)
- Justice isn't a crime.
- Now that looks like a man who could foreclose on a house. (referring to a banker)
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