Film Review – She Rides Shotgun

“She Rides Shotgun” is an adaptation of Jordon Harper’s 2017 book, tracking the desperation of a man marked for death who’s trying to keep his estranged daughter alive while they figure out a way to make it to some sort of safe space. Screenwriters Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski embark on a challenge to turn the intimate story into a cinematic experience, bringing the material’s emotional content to the screen while also preserving hits of threat and pursuit to keep the endeavor at least passably exciting. Director Nick Rowland (“Calm with Horses”) has some difficultly knowing when to cut short all the speechifying going on the movie, but he mostly connects with characterization and especially performance. Young Ana Sophia Heger is surrounded by talented actors in the feature, but she manages to best them all with a powerful turn as a girl caught up in a dangerous situation with a father she barely knows. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com