Not yet seen by me, this seemingly final work from a master hardly had any theatrical release last year at all, certainly none in this corner of the planet. Ditto no streaming.
Warner/Discovery under Zaslav has seen fit to give it minimal release on a Blu-ray in the States, and here in Aus/NZ in a PAL DVD, avec the usual semitone audio and video speedup.
It’s better than nothing. Eastwood, as only he can, curated a cast for this - Nicholas Hoult who still looks barely more than a baby, like his startled deer in Tom Ford’s A Single Man. Toni Collette who just gets better with everything she does now. Kiefer Sutherland, his character an emorional mess (again).
It’s another reflection by Eastwood on “justice”, a concept that seems terribly unsafe in a world now dominated by liars, con artists and psychopathic billionaires. Eastwood may be the last of the great classical American directors. At least, after he goes, a formidable filmography.
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