The Old Way – ABC Film Challenge – Catch Up 2023 – O – The Old Way – Movie Review
Director: Brett Donowho
Writer: Carl W Lucas (Screenplay)
Cast
- Nicolas Cage (The Rock)
- Ryan Kiera Armstrong (Firestarter)
- Noah Le Gros (The Beach House)
- Nick Searcy (The Shape of Water)
- Shiloh Fernandez (Evil Dead)
Plot: An old gunslinger and his daughter must face the consequences of his past, when the son of a man he murdered years ago arrives to take his revenge.
Runtime: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Old Way starts when gunslinger Colton Briggs (Cage) steps away from that life. He settles down to run a shop with a wife and daughter Brooke (Armstrong). However, his past has come back to haunt him, when James McCallister (Le Gros) and his men have tracked him down.
After living Colton’s wife dead, Colton gets drawn back into his former life to protect his daughter. Colton teaches Brooke about surviving the open country as they bond for the first time in years. Meanwhile, McCallister knows Briggs in going to come for him, it is what he wants to happen.
Verdict on The Old Way
The Old Way is a western adventure following a father and daughter going on a revenge journey. They are being hunted by a man who wants revenge for the father’s previous life and now, they must solve the problem. It takes us across the wild west locations to end the blood feud between the two.
We have seen many of these movies over the years and this doesn’t seem to offer too much new. It gets the basic bonding between father and daughter done extremely well. The villains are presented well and Nicolas Cage as the former gunslinger being cold in every deliver helps the movie along.
Final Thoughts – The Old Way is a by the book western with a fun Nicolas Cage performance.
