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My first post will be a Texas themed drama called Lone Star.The film was released in 1996 and really stars Chris Cooper.Both Kris Kristofferson and Mathew McConaughey have major roles and Elizabeth Pena is the love interest,but this is Chris's film. At 135 minutes it may seem a little long but the story is quite involved and needs the time to develop a interesting and questionable conclusion.I won't give it away,but to some it may seem to be left "left up in the air"
The story opens with 2 soldiers exploring a old army firing range for spent round keepsakes.What they find is a skeleton and a Sheriffs badge.The current Sheriff Sam Deeds ( Chris Cooper) must investigate and a story unfolds about a corrupt and vicious former Sheriff named Charlie Wade ( Kris Kristofferson) whom just disappeared 40 years ago and one of his deputies,Sam's father Buddy Deeds (Mathew McConaughey) became Sheriff.Now it seems that Sam never got along with his old man and in fact his budding romance with Pilar Cruz (Elizabeth Pena)As the story unfolds we learn the town LOVED Buddy and as one resident referred to Sam when he announced himself as Sheriff Deeds,"Sheriff Deeds is dead honey,your just jr" Against this backdrop we begin to wonder, did Buddy Deeds kill Wade in cold blood and dump his body on that range.If so,only Sam would seem to care and then ,maybe,because of his own issues with good old dad. Woven into this"cold case"is also a story of the black man in a small Texas Border town and the US army as well as Mexicans as both successful citizens and illegals.There are many tough statements though out the movie but my favorite is when a Chicano sheriffs deputy is arguing with a black inmate who is upset when the deputy tells him their day is coming,the prisoner replies,"you haven't had a good day since the Alamo"All these subplots do effect the final and surprising way that Wade was killed as well as a surprise for Sam and Pilar.
I give this movie 5 Stars out of 5 and it's my favorite in this kind of genre.
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The story opens with 2 soldiers exploring a old army firing range for spent round keepsakes.What they find is a skeleton and a Sheriffs badge.The current Sheriff Sam Deeds ( Chris Cooper) must investigate and a story unfolds about a corrupt and vicious former Sheriff named Charlie Wade ( Kris Kristofferson) whom just disappeared 40 years ago and one of his deputies,Sam's father Buddy Deeds (Mathew McConaughey) became Sheriff.Now it seems that Sam never got along with his old man and in fact his budding romance with Pilar Cruz (Elizabeth Pena)As the story unfolds we learn the town LOVED Buddy and as one resident referred to Sam when he announced himself as Sheriff Deeds,"Sheriff Deeds is dead honey,your just jr" Against this backdrop we begin to wonder, did Buddy Deeds kill Wade in cold blood and dump his body on that range.If so,only Sam would seem to care and then ,maybe,because of his own issues with good old dad. Woven into this"cold case"is also a story of the black man in a small Texas Border town and the US army as well as Mexicans as both successful citizens and illegals.There are many tough statements though out the movie but my favorite is when a Chicano sheriffs deputy is arguing with a black inmate who is upset when the deputy tells him their day is coming,the prisoner replies,"you haven't had a good day since the Alamo"All these subplots do effect the final and surprising way that Wade was killed as well as a surprise for Sam and Pilar.
I give this movie 5 Stars out of 5 and it's my favorite in this kind of genre.
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