Старый Путь | |
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Режиссер | Бретт Донохо |
Написано | Карл В. Лукас |
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В главных ролях |
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Кинематография | Сион Мишель |
Отредактировано | Фредерик Уорделл |
Музыка от | Эндрю Морган Смит |
Производственные компании |
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Распространяется | Сабан Фильмс |
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Продолжительность работы | 95 минут [1] |
Страна | Соединенные Штаты |
Язык | Английский |
Театральная касса | 59 729 долларов США [2] [3] |
«Старый путь» — американский вестерн 2023 года , снятый Бреттом Донохо по сценарию Карла У. Лукаса. В главной роли Николас Кейдж играет отставного стрелка, который отправляется на поиски преступников, убивших его жену. [4] [5]
Фильм вышел в прокат компанией Saban Films 6 января 2023 года и получил неоднозначные отзывы критиков.
В 1878 году на территории Монтаны стрелок Колтон Бриггс является членом внесудебной группы, организованной для ареста и повешения брата Уолтера Макаллистера, известного бандита. Уолтер и его люди пытаются помешать публичной казни, что приводит к перестрелке, в которой Колтон и сын Макаллистера, Джеймс, остаются единственными выжившими. Колтон заверяет брата Уолтера, что не убьет его; его казнь была всего лишь уловкой, чтобы заставить брата выйти из укрытия. Разгневанный, младший Макаллистер пытается выстрелить Колтону в спину. Не колеблясь, Колтон стреляет в него и спокойно уезжает, пока молодой племянник Уолтера Джеймс наблюдает.
Двадцать лет спустя Колтон стал другим человеком: под влиянием своей жены Рут он стал уважаемым, порядочным торговцем с универсальным магазином и небольшой фермой, воспитывающим двенадцатилетнюю дочь по имени Брук. К ужасу Колтона, Брук дерзкая и неуправляемая; он замечает, что она также эмоционально замкнута и неспособна вести себя как «нормальные люди», черты, которые напоминают ему о его прежней жизни. Однажды на ферму Колтона подъезжают четверо мужчин; их лидер представляется как Джеймс МакАлистер. Его банда закалывает Рут, прежде чем нарисовать насмешливое послание ее кровью на стене и уйти.
Colton and Brooke return to find Franklin Jarret, the U.S. Marshal tracking the McAllister gang, waiting at the farm with several deputies. As Ruth is buried, Jarret reveals to Brooke that he and Colton were once close friends and that he's proud of Colton giving up his violent ways to raise a family. Before leaving, he urges his old friend not to act on any desire he may have to take revenge on James. Colton decides to do so anyway and tells Brooke that she'll accompany him. Dressing in his old gunfighter's clothes and armed with his old pistols, Colton burns down his farm and house before leaving with Brooke.
The pair eventually catch up to Jarret after ambushing a wounded deputy for his horse; James had set a trap for his pursuers, killing three and leaving the others too injured to continue. Colton and Brooke disarm the survivors and threaten to torture them unless Jarret talks. He finally admits that James is traveling to Santa Rosa, a town in southern Colorado, to recover a buried stash of pesos and flee across the border while the heat on him dies down. Colton informs Jarret that he will take a horse and warns him not to interfere with his vengeance or he will kill him.
Reaching Santa Rosa, Colton tells Brooke to visit a local shopkeeper and question him as to James's whereabouts while he waits just outside of town. James isn't fooled and captures Brooke as she tries to leave. Anticipating more ambushes, Colton manages to kill five members of the McAllister gang using his experience and wits before the last remaining member comes out with a shotgun aimed at Brooke. James tells Colton that he has two choices: he can either kill him, at which point Brooke will die, or he can for himself.
Taking stock of his situation, Colton chooses to kill the second man as James puts a bullet through his chest. As James crows over his victory, Brooke picks up her father's gun (having learned to shoot during their travels) and avenges him by killing James.
Later, Jarret rides in and agrees with Brooke to tell everyone that Colton Briggs died a hero's death apprehending the criminals, in exchange he would keep McAllister gang's money. However, unknown to Jarret, most of the money had been transferred to a pair of saddle bags, which Brooke prepares to ride back home with as the film ends.
In October 2021, the film's crew members complained about property key assistant and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed's handling of firearms, including an incident in which she discharged a weapon without warning and caused lead actor Nicolas Cage to walk off set.[6] Gutierrez-Reed, the stepdaughter of Thell Reed, would later work as armorer on the set of Rust, and she became a principal character in the shooting incident that killed Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza.[7]
Filming occurred in Montana.[8]
In January 2022, Saban Films acquired the film's distribution rights.[9]
The Old Way was released by Saban Films in limited theaters on January 6, 2023 and on January 13, 2023 through video on demand.[10] Lionsgate released the film on Blu-ray Disc (plus digital), DVD, digital and on demand on February 21. Special features on Blu-ray and DVD include audio commentary by director Brett Donowho, audio commentary by composer Andrew Morgan Smith, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and scoring sessions.[11]
As of July 6, 2023, The Old Way grossed $59,729 in Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Russia.[2][3]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 32% of 59 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The website's consensus reads: "Nicolas Cage's first Western may be a bit of a genre departure for the prolific actor, but in most respects, it's merely a return to his Old Way of picking up roles in disappointingly subpar projects."[12] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 43 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[13]