Wind River
2017
****
Director: Taylor Sheridan
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Graham Greene, Kelsey Chow, Gil Birmingham, Julia Jones, Martin Sensmeier, Althea Sam, Teo Briones, John Bernthal
The past comes back to haunt a seasoned game tracker when he discovers the body of a teenage girl in the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. The FBI sends an inexperienced agent to investigate the murder. Taylor Sheridan's fictional story sheds light on a real-life tragedy, namingly the high rate of missing and murdered indigenous women. This is a gritty, captivating, and nicely paced neo-Western where the harsh landscape is one of the main characters. Jeremy Renner gives a gruffy and wonderfully understated lead performance.
