No. 74. (2020) LET HIM GO November 19th.

 

Film No. 74 (2020)  November 19th.  6:30 PM.  HOYTS Garden City Cinema 6.

"You let it be known that you're looking for a Weboy, then they'll find you. (A cousin of the Nth Dakota Weboys' let George and Margaret know how things work in them, there parts).

Let Him Go is simply, and let me say, effectively shot western depicting the 60's. It's about two grieving, aging parents/grand-parents feeling morally obligated to right a wrong. A wrong that involves their own flesh and blood. So who better to have as our hero's than Kevin Costner and Diane Lane? Who indeed.

Like some of the great westerns, High Noon, Rio Bravo; Kevin and Diane as George and Margaret Blackledge are out numbered but they know that unless they stand up to a North Dakota family of bullies, the Weboys', they won't get to see their grandson Jimmy, again. And the Weboys, overseen by the queen of all things nasty, matriarch Blanche (Lesley Manville), always get their way; or have done in the past.

Manville and Lane play motherly nurturers of the worst and best kind. They provide the pulse for Let Him Go. You just know the climax is all about Blanche and Margaret facing off. The violence is slightly disturbing but if we are to feel rage on behalf of the Blackledges then blood has to be spilt.

Let Him Go will definitely sell some popcorn, it's a genre film done right. The Costner/Lane combination will definitely be on screen again soon. It's their film and they've done plenty here to maintain their solid reputations. 9GUMS.