11 May 2026

Review: Hell or High Water 4K UHD

Hell or High Water (2016)

Written by cowboy wonder, Taylor Sheridan, and amazingly directed by Brit David Mackenzie (you’d think it would be Peter Berg),

Hell or High Water follows two Texan dirt poor brothers; ‘good’ Toby (Chris Pine, proving that you can be good looking AND be a really fantastic actor all at the same time) and career criminal recently released from prison, Tanner (the magnificent Ben Foster) as they carry out a series of bank robberies to save their family ranch, all while being pursued by two Texas Rangers (Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham).

Concentrating only on the bank that has no camera’s and the one that tried to take their recently discovered oil rich land; Texas Midlands Bank. Toby is desperate that his sons won’t be as poor as he is and plans the robberies, asking Tanner to help him. But Tanner is unpredictable and violent, and Toby’s plans go awry attracting the notice of Texas rangers Alberto and Marcus (Bridges) who is about to retire.

You could call this a post modern western, or a neo-western, or even a modern western crime drama, and coming from the mind of Sheridan, you know you’re in for a treat, as his take on the modern West has been the most popular thing to stream on the subject, he doesn’t shy away from the truth of it, the poverty, the money-divide, the Indian heritage. He’s a great writer and story teller and this is a simple story of bank robbing through desperation.

It’s so well acted and it has the vibe of Copland, where they’re all sort of the bad guys, and good, because they wouldn’t do it unless they had to.

This is the worldwide release on 4K UHD and of course the western vistas and small town America look spectacular, as do all the grizzled faces.
Hell or High water is just one of those films…a western/crime that is a true classic, worthy of its place next to The Brothers Sisters, Hostiles, Wind River (also Sheridan), and Old Henry.
Fantastic.

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