The mission quickly devolves into a multi-sided standoff involving:
: Joe Cribbens (Willem Dafoe), a card-playing outlaw who Borlund once put in prison and who is now looking for a little payback. Why Watch It? REVIEW: “Dead For A Dollar” (2022) | Keith & the Movies
: Tiberio Vargas (Benjamin Bratt), who runs the Mexican territory.
If you’ve been scouring the web for a clean copy of the release, you're likely a fan of either the "Man with No Name" vibes or the legendary director Walter Hill . Hill, the mastermind behind classics like The Warriors and 48 Hrs. , returns to the director’s chair with a lean, mean B-movie western that is as traditional as it is surprisingly modern. The Story: A "Simple" Extraction
Set in 1897, the film follows (Christoph Waltz), a principled bounty hunter hired by a wealthy businessman to find his "kidnapped" wife, Rachel (Rachel Brosnahan). Borlund heads into Mexico only to discover that Rachel wasn't taken—she fled from her abusive husband with a Black cavalry soldier, Elijah Jones (Brandon Scott).
The Return of Walter Hill: Reviewing Dead for a Dollar (2022)
The mission quickly devolves into a multi-sided standoff involving:
: Joe Cribbens (Willem Dafoe), a card-playing outlaw who Borlund once put in prison and who is now looking for a little payback. Why Watch It? REVIEW: “Dead For A Dollar” (2022) | Keith & the Movies
: Tiberio Vargas (Benjamin Bratt), who runs the Mexican territory.
If you’ve been scouring the web for a clean copy of the release, you're likely a fan of either the "Man with No Name" vibes or the legendary director Walter Hill . Hill, the mastermind behind classics like The Warriors and 48 Hrs. , returns to the director’s chair with a lean, mean B-movie western that is as traditional as it is surprisingly modern. The Story: A "Simple" Extraction
Set in 1897, the film follows (Christoph Waltz), a principled bounty hunter hired by a wealthy businessman to find his "kidnapped" wife, Rachel (Rachel Brosnahan). Borlund heads into Mexico only to discover that Rachel wasn't taken—she fled from her abusive husband with a Black cavalry soldier, Elijah Jones (Brandon Scott).
The Return of Walter Hill: Reviewing Dead for a Dollar (2022)