Rebel Ridge Review | Netflix’s Best Movie in Years Is Action Brilliance
Excuse the profanity in the title, but if you don’t find yourself shouting or thinking passionately some kind of profane platitude (i.e. “f*ck yeah” or “holy sh*t”) while watching Rebel Ridge, then you have ice running through your veins. The new Netflix film by one of America’s best young directors, Jeremy Saulnier, is an instant classic. It’s an action masterpiece, but not in the purely technical and aesthetic way of a John Woo or Johnnie To film. Sure, Rebel Ridge has some exquisite action set pieces, but it’s not as action-packed as you’d expect. It’s also a brilliant sociopolitical commentary, a kind of cinematic ‘State of the Nation,’ and also a soulful character study of an abandoned veteran.
Excuse the profanity in the title, but if you don’t find yourself shouting or thinking passionately some kind of profane platitude (i.e. “f*ck yeah” or “holy sh*t”) while watching Rebel Ridge, then you have ice running through your veins. The new Netflix film by one of America’s best young directors, Jeremy Saulnier, is an instant…