“Hell Or High Water,” from “Starred Up” director David Mackenzie, is set to screen at the Cannes Film Festival this coming Monday, and the first trailer for the movie has arrived today.
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Penned by Taylor Sheridan (“Sicario“) and featuring a terrific lead trio of Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine and Ben Foster, the story follows two brothers, one an ex-con and the other a divorced father of two kids, who are facing the foreclosure of their family’s West Texas farm. They join forces for a skillfully-calculated bank robbing spree that puts them on a collision course with two Texas Rangers determined to take them down. Here’s the official synopsis:
A story about the collision of the Old and New West, two brothers—Toby (Chris Pine), a straight-living, divorced father trying to make a better life for his son; and Tanner (Ben Foster), a short-tempered ex-con with a loose trigger finger—come together to rob branch after branch of the bank that is foreclosing on their family land. The hold-ups are part of a last-ditch scheme to take back a future that powerful forces beyond their control have stolen from under their feet. Vengeance seems to be theirs until they find themselves in the crosshairs of a relentless, foul-mouthed Texas Ranger (Jeff Bridges) looking for one last triumph on the eve of his retirement. As the brothers plot a final bank heist to complete their plan, a showdown looms at the crossroads where the last honest law man and a pair of brothers with nothing to live for except family collide.
“Hell Or High Water” opens in August. Watch the trailer above.
