The Old Way (2023)

• Year: 2023
• Released: 12 Jan 2023
• Country: United States
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8593824/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_old_way
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-old-way
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Action, Western
• Runtime: 95 min
• Writer: Carl W. Lucas
• Director: Brett Donowho
• Cast: Nicolas Cage, Clint Howard, Abraham Benrubi
• Keywords: father daughter relationship,

	5.4/10
	35% – Critics
	75% – Audience

The Old Way Storyline

An old gunslinger and his daughter must face the consequences of his past, when the son of a man he murdered years ago arrives to take his revenge.

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Squeeze, Don’t pull

Colton Briggs (Nicolas Cage) is a bad man and cold blooded killer in the first scene. Twenty years later he runs a general store and is a family man who no longer touches a gun. When the grown son of a victim of his shows up with a gang, it is his wife that gets punished. The sheriff goes after the gang of outlaws and tells Colton to stay at home and care for his daughter. That is not what he does as he takes his daughter with him, teaching her to shoot along the way.

They need to start putting red letter “Cage” warnings on his bad films. His acting was horrible in this production. The scene where he is talking to his daughter at the campfire was one of the worst I have seen him do.

Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.

Mercifully Forgettable

I like Nicolas Cage. I even managed to forgive him for that god-awful excuse for a southern accent in Con-Air. None of this excuses the fact that he sleepwalked through a film that had decent potential. Cage’s brightest moments are in his scenes with Armstrong, but their father-daughter dynamic isn’t enough to save the film.

Let me be clear: the blame for The Old Way’s shortcomings rests not only on Cage’s shoulders, but also on Carl Lucas, for heavy-handed writing and poor character development. Lastly, the cast is decidedly B-level, with the exception of Nick Searcy, who shines as the Marshall, particularly in his scenes with Armstrong.

Most grievous of all is the casting of Noah Le Gros as a wanna-be villain. Every good western has a good villain, and by that standard, The Old Way is decidedly subpar.

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Started out pretty good and unlike most of Nick’s cheap flicks lately, Saban Films gave it a real production feel. I honestly thought I would be in for a treat but the plot dragged and dragged. It’s not even a “slow burn” but basically there is barely any story. The element is definitely not long enough for its run time, so they dragged and dragged with meaningless pointless dialog.

There is not a moment of excitement in this film, even the final scene was a bore, predictable, and an overall yawn. In contrast, the opening sequence was well done, which gave us a false sense of expectation. Anyways, this sadly chalks up to another Nick’s low budget B movie. Even the discount Tom Hardy could not add any more depth to it.

3/10.