Film Review – The Old Way

Nicolas Cage has played a wide range of characters over the last 40 years, including an ant, a superhero, and, most recently, himself. But the chance to become a gunslinger has largely eluded him all this time, with “The Old Way” gifting the idiosyncratic thespian a chance to play cowboy for a change, with the screenplay by Carl W. Lucas delivering a western tale of revenge, attempting to go deep into the emotional ice of a man who’s spent his life killing others, and doesn’t feel anything about it. “The Old Way” is mostly traditional in plot, arranging a tale of tracking and introspection in the open world, but director Brett Donowho (“Acts of Violence”) is unable to bring much excitement to the endeavor. Bogged down by too much monologuing and underwhelming performances, the feature doesn’t offer genre escapism, dragging along with a tepid take on the weariness of a hardened killer returning to power. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com