The Old Way
Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage stars in his first-ever Western as Colton Briggs, a cold-blooded gunslinger turned respectable family man. When an outlaw and his gang put Colton and his family in peril, Colton is forced to take up arms with an unlikely partner — his 12-year-old daughter (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) — in this action-filled film that builds toward its fateful showdown with pulse-pounding suspense.
Scratches the Western Itch @I eat books
Just about what you’d expect from a modern western. Pretty good. Samurai Chanbara are still always better though. And there are thousands of ‘em (if you don’t mind reading subtitles).
The Old Way @CorkyIII
Certainly not one of Nicks better movies. If fact I am looking for a way to delete it from my library.
Best western ever made @Shade711
Best actor ever in the world just broke the genre. Never again will a western be as great as this one folks. Nick Cage fellow patrons of the fine arts.
Simplistic and predictable @ClarkDH
Character development is weak and contrived Acting is sub par with a couple of decent monologues. All characters, with the exception of Cage’s nemesis are wildly inconsistent. Even supporting actors were inconsistent from a weak stupid sidekick in one scene to a “if you see him, put a bullet in him” tough guys in the next. The main characters were supposed to be emotionless however varied throughout the movie based on the scenes from cold hearted emotionless to emotional wrecks. The only interesting part was the end with the twist on the money for the Marshall and the daughter of Cage. But even that was a borrowed trope. Watch Shane instead. Glad it was just a rental.
The Old Way @777John316
FANTASTIC Movie If you like westerns this is the movie to see! Nicolas was at his best. Every actor delivered their part with perfection. I wish this movie was one hour longer and room for a sequel.