Beautiful, heartbreaking, exciting, and heartbreaking.

Rating: 10/10 (28 August 2017)

Beautiful, heartbreaking, exciting, and heartbreaking. No doubt Sheridan has writing chops(Sicario, Hell or High Water) and has directed once before(vile), but in Wind River we see for the first time a complete vision from the up-and-comer. Wind River strait up works from the beautiful cinematography and technical accomplishments to the tight, suspenseful story and convincing performances. Renner in particular gives a masterful performance as Cory Lambert, a professional hunter enlisted by FBI agent Jane Banner, portrayed by Elisabeth Olsen, to help her solve a homicide in Wyoming. The pallet perfectly matches the tone of the film that takes on themes of grief, bureaucracy, and of course the plight of the American Native. Wind River lacks a certain subtlety but overcomes it with great use of tension and character building.