Recently Watched Films

It's quite a slow building film, but very effective. It's basically a modern take on the outlaw western with Momoa's character crossing the American West on his bike with the law trying to catch up to him, but then that's thrown into the background and it becomes more of a character piece as Momoa moves from place to place, meeting people along the way including one guy who ends up tagging along for the whole film with him. It also explores modern relations between the States and Native Americans and how the law often fails in cases involving Native Americans, much like the more recent film Wind River. 

The better known 1983 remake with Al Pacino bears little resemblance to this 1932 original, which largely holds up - probably my favourite 30s movie I've watched so far. Being a pre-Code movie, it's a lot more violent than what would follow in Hollywood for decades to come, but still seems pretty tame by today's standards, but that doesn't diminish it's power when you consider it depicts what at the time was contemporary. 

With the truth heavily embellished by the director's own admission, I can't help feeling that this would have been much more entertaining and effective as an outright comedy. 

I didn't love it but there are enough entertaining moments to have kept me interested. 

Far too predictable but I was entertained throughout. I think the movie's biggest issue is that rather than a shocking reveal I actually suspected the killer almost right away, something just seeming off about the character - I also spotted clues before the movie's characters worked out their significance. 

Solid family friendly western. Took my rating down a notch because of how annoying the kid gets.

Best Kubrick I've seen so far. Very entertaining. 

Very good historical drama. 

A brilliant neo-noir. This one definitely channels Tarantino too.

Some quite sinister moments in this one for a 50s western. 

Enjoyable action thriller sequel.