nice movie

Cullen 2022-04-20 09:01:32

The story structure of this film is actually very simple, with two brothers as the main line, two mounted police as auxiliary lines, and a cat-and-mouse game with crime and police, but it is not limited to this. In the play, it is a metaphor for the resistance under the exploitation of the small town system. Through the mouths of the Indian mounted police, it is mentioned that in the past, Texas was white people plundering the land of the Indians, but modern Texas has been reduced to being looted by banks, and it stands out on the road of depression. With an advertisement for a loan, cowboys on the road complain that no more young people want to stay at home, and flock to the casino to struggle for a living. In the film, the two protagonists chose to rob the bank to pay off the bank loan, which can be said to be a Robin Hood-style revenge. "Going through fire and water" is a high-level American western crime film. The development of the whole film is full of thrills, exciting and exciting, without sloppy gun battle scenes, and solidly stacked character depth. From the perspective of a divorced father, it indirectly reflects the current American society. The status quo hides the dark humor of satirizing the beneficiaries. In just one short film, it makes people think and cry, and eloquently tells a postmodern survival fable of the counterattack of human nature.

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Hell or High Water quotes

  • Marcus Hamilton: Howdy ma'am. How are you doing today?

    T-Bone Waitress: Hot . And I don't mean the good kind. So, what don't you want?

    Marcus Hamilton: Pardon?

    T-Bone Waitress: What don't you want?

    Marcus Hamilton: Oh, well, uh. I think I'll just, uh...

    T-Bone Waitress: You know. I've been working here for 44 years. Ain't nobody ever ordered nothing but T-Bone steak and a baked potato. Except this one asshole from New York tried to order trout back in 1987. We don't sell no goddamned trout. T-bone steaks. So either you don't want the corn on the cob, or you don't want the green beans. So what don't you want?

    Marcus Hamilton: I don't want green beans.

    Alberto Parker: I don't want green beans either.

    T-Bone Waitress: Steaks cooked medium rare.

    Alberto Parker: Can I get my steak cooked just a...

    T-Bone Waitress: That weren't no question.

    Alberto Parker: All right.

    T-Bone Waitress: Iced tea for you boys.

    Alberto Parker: Iced tea'd be great.

    Marcus Hamilton: Iced tea, yep. Thank you ma'am.

    T-Bone Waitress: Uh-huh.

    Marcus Hamilton: Well I'll tell you one thing. Nobody's gonna rob this son of bitch.

    Alberto Parker: My word.

  • Toby Howard: I need you sober.

    Tanner Howard: Who the hell gets drunk off a beer?