The title of this movie refers to West Texas. From all appearance, it doesn't even look like a place for young men to settle.Primarily this movie presents excellent portraits of people who live in the Texas counties near El Paso, which borders on Mexico. Most of the people we meet are depressed and could use Zoloft, 25mg, one per day.
The scenery is graphic and the people fit right in. The only problem with the movie is that there is no coherent story. It's like abstract art. You get a "feeling" by looking at it.
There is a tense chase between a real nut of a killer and a local, which does adds some excitement. However, other than that chase, we just get one portrait after another of the types of people who live in that area of the Southwest. Interesting, but not worth $10 for two, at the cheapie theater in Lake Worth, FL. Maybe for $6 it would have been worth it.
SPECIAL NOTE:
In retrospect, I must add some comments to my review.
I did not give full credit to the Cuban actor, Javier Barden. In this movie he gave performances that only a great actor can give. I say performances because he was shown in a number of separate scenes . . . and each one stood on it's own as sensational. In my humble opinion, he will be nominated for an Academy Award for his acting. He created an entity that was was the incarnation of evil.
As I said in the review, the "portraits", or separate scenes were excellent, but they overpowered the story. Tommy Lee Jones was good as a sheriff, but disconnected from the story (the chase). It appears plausible to me that the producers and director could have felt that they needed star power, went to him after the shooting was complete, and added scenes that did not necessarily fit into the main chase theme of the movie.
If I cared enough, I would read the book that the movie is based on.
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