Paxton Holley and Michael May hit the dusty trail in search of great Westerns
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Old Henry (2021)
Pax and Michael discuss 2021's Old Henry with Tim Blake Nelson, Stephen Dorff, and Trace Adkins. Michael also watches Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog and Pax reads Mad Amos Malone: The Complete Stories by Alan Dean Foster.
I finally got around to watching Old Henry. I missed it when it first hit streaming. When I went to watch it, it had left that service so I had to wait until it reappeared elsewhere. Tim Blake Nelson is a great character actor and this movie was a great surprise. I really like his role in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, but I had no idea what this movie was about.
When I saw the name McCarty it did click with me because I had read a biography of Billy the Kid, but I wasn't really sure until he was asked about the trouble in Lincoln County, New Mexico. That's when I put it together and was all-in on this movie. The biggest clue that this was no ordinary farmer was when Stephen Dorff remarked that he doesn't act like a farmer.
This cast was great, they all played their parts very well. Stephen Dorff was excellent here playing a role very similar to his role on the canceled series "Deputy". Trace Adkins was also used very well here as he is not the best actor. I've seen him in a few movies, mostly B-movies where he is very wooden. And thankfully, the kid wasn't annoying like the kid in Shane!
I finally got around to watching Old Henry. I missed it when it first hit streaming. When I went to watch it, it had left that service so I had to wait until it reappeared elsewhere. Tim Blake Nelson is a great character actor and this movie was a great surprise. I really like his role in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, but I had no idea what this movie was about.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the name McCarty it did click with me because I had read a biography of Billy the Kid, but I wasn't really sure until he was asked about the trouble in Lincoln County, New Mexico. That's when I put it together and was all-in on this movie. The biggest clue that this was no ordinary farmer was when Stephen Dorff remarked that he doesn't act like a farmer.
This cast was great, they all played their parts very well. Stephen Dorff was excellent here playing a role very similar to his role on the canceled series "Deputy". Trace Adkins was also used very well here as he is not the best actor. I've seen him in a few movies, mostly B-movies where he is very wooden. And thankfully, the kid wasn't annoying like the kid in Shane!