I just recently rewatched Sling Blade and it made me want to dive in the older Billy Bob movies. This was the first on my list. I love Bill Paxton and was excited to see the two of them share the screen. The story seems so simple at first but things get very complicated and intense before long. Billy Bob and his drinking buddy almost immediately complicate Paxton's plans for the millions of dollars they find in the woods. As they continue to try and hold the plan together, desperation, jealousy, anger and resentment all boil over making it harder and harder for the three men to hold to their word.
The climactic scene when Paxton and Thornton attempt to blackmail their friend was one of the best modern "western shootout" moments in a movie I've seen. The corrupting influence of money leaves Bill Paxton with numerous murders on his hands and no money. It's up there with No Country for Old Men and Hell or High Water as one of the better "westerns" of recent memory. 7/10.
The climactic scene when Paxton and Thornton attempt to blackmail their friend was one of the best modern "western shootout" moments in a movie I've seen. The corrupting influence of money leaves Bill Paxton with numerous murders on his hands and no money. It's up there with No Country for Old Men and Hell or High Water as one of the better "westerns" of recent memory. 7/10.