By Emilio Frenk.
Director: Taylor Sheridan
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Kelsey Asbille, Julia Jones, Teo Briones, Apesanahkwat, Graham Greene, Tantoo Cardinal, Gil Birmingham and Jon Bernthal.
Rating: Excellent.
Academy Award Writer Nominee Taylor Sheridan, who won critical acclaim for “Hell or High Water” brings “Wind River” a thriller that not only Sheridan wrote. He also directed it and again he delivered magnificent results.
Based on true events, the movie tells the story of Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner) a game tracker who in the job see´s the body of adead girl that occurred at a Native American Reservation in Wyoming.
He reports this to the authorities, who contact FBI Agent Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen) to solve the murder.
Now both Lambert and Banner will team up to investigate the murder of the girl and will try to use all their wit and knowledge to resolve the case.
One of the things that I liked of “Wind River” was the concept and the story itself.
Again Taylor Sheridan wrote an amazing screenplay that was written with a lot of detail, with great characters.
I can see that Sheridan did a lot of research in regards of a theme like this one. His direction was really sharp and both Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen gave incredible performances.
The conflicts of both characters were shown in a very original way and do work at all levels.
Another factor that made this film so unique was the fact that it took place in the mountains and is a theme that has never been seen, which is the murder of a girl that took place in a Native American Reservation.
The way how Sheridan used tension in between scenes was superb and I was really impressed with the result of the film.
The ending of the second act, it reminded me a little bit of “Hell or High Water” and “Sicario” both movie written by Sheridan. The way how he shot those scenes and that precise moment was amazingly well done and I can imagine the challenge to shoot a scene like that with snow involved.
The chemistry between Renner and Olsen works at all levels and by far I must say that this is the best performance I have seen in Elizabeth Olsen´s career.
Like most of Taylor Sheridan´s work, “Wind River” is a very intense movie. So before watching it be very prepared at all times since there is a lot of violence and graphic scenes that involve a raping.
Taylor Sheridan is by far one of the most talented filmmakers of the genre today and with “Wind River” he hit another homerun.
I hope he is a contender again for next year´s award season and it is such a delight to see a movie that involves Taylor Sheridan either as a writer, director or both, which was this case.
“Wind River” is one of the year´s best films and I highly recommend it.