Tense, gripping thriller set in the snowy wastes of Wyoming. A body is found and an inexperienced FBI agent is sent to investigate (Elizabeth Olsen as Jane Banner). She’s helped by hunter/tracker Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner), who knows the land and who has had his own personal tragedy very similar to the one he becomes involved in.
It’s atmospheric and surprisingly scary. And there’s a wider point being made about the treatment of native American people. The saddest line in the film comes when Martin Hanson (Gil Birmingham) is wearing his traditional “death face” make-up and becomes disheartened and self-conscious about it, saying that there’s no one left to teach him how to do apply it properly.
My only criticism is that quite a bit of the dialogue is muttered or murmured in a way that’s difficult to decipher. But this is a brilliant film.
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