The Old Way

Name: The Old Way
Genre: Action, Western
Released: January 6, 2023
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 43
Cast: Abraham Benrubi, Adam Lazarre-White, Brett Donowho, Clint Howard, Corby Griesenbeck

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Saban Films | Release Date: January 6, 2023 | R

Starring: Abraham Benrubi, Adam Lazarre-White, Brett Donowho, Clint Howard, Corby Griesenbeck, Craig Branham, Dean Armstrong, Eddie Spears, Everett Blunck, Katelyn Bauer, Kerry Knuppe, Nick Searcy, Nicolas Cage, Noah Le Gros, Phillip Aguirre, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Shiloh Fernandez

Summary: Colton Briggs (Nicolas Cage) is a cold-blooded gunslinger turned respectable family man. When an outlaw and his gang put Colton and his family in peril, Colton is forced to take up arms with an unlikely partner — his 12-year-old daughter (Ryan Kiera Armstrong).

Director: Brett Donowho

Genre(s): Action, Western

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Rex Reed

Jan 9, 2023

The revenge narrative may be worn rope-thin by archives of forgotten shoot-’em-ups, but Mr. Cage and director Donowho pull enough sub-themes out of old Bud Boetticher movies to inject the kind of suspense and true grit that still works. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Jan 4, 2023

Yes, The Old Way is at first glimpse merely a classic revenger, but it's also vintage low-key Cage, with that acid little twist that makes it all the more fascinating. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Jan 5, 2023

This is a revenge Western we’ve seen dozens of times before, and the villains aren’t nearly as intimidating and pitch-black evil as they need to be. The end result is a passably entertaining shoot-’em-up with very few surprises. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Jan 6, 2023

The first part of the problem is that Donowho’s competent but uncompelling oater doesn’t have enough fresh meat on its bones to fill out its Western cosplay. Read full review

Empire Jordan King

Jan 17, 2023

Though Cage and Armstrong’s father-daughter dynamic merits praise, The Old Way tries so hard to emulate Westerns past that it squanders a gilt-edged opportunity to do something new. Read full review

The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Jan 14, 2023

The Nicolas Cage aficionado carries two hopes into each of the 59-year-old actor’s new films. The first – not often met, truth be told – is that it will be good. And the second, failing that, is that it will be mad. Alas, this thin and lumpy western is neither. Read full review

Calum Marsh

Jan 5, 2023

While it’s true that a certain tepid aspect is common to most B westerns, those of the ’30s and ’40s were made with a baseline competence that The Old Way is woefully lacking. Read full review

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RussellDavis

Feb 5, 2023

A good old fashioned western, it may not be for everyone. However if you like a good western that feels like it have made in the early 1960s check it out.