SOME PASSIONS CAN NEVER BE TAMED.
A few years after the end of World War II, best friends John Grady Cole (Matt Damon) and Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas) head to Mexico to work as cowboys. This film was reportedly shot as a huge epic, but director Billy Bob Thornton was forced to make equally huge cuts, resulting in an episodic movie where we’re thrown between scenes that are quite different from each other. The biggest problem here is a lack of emotional strength. Damon does his best, but the only one in the cast to deliver a memorable performance is Lucas Black as the headstrong teenager.
2000-U.S. 117 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed by Billy Bob Thornton. Screenplay: Ted Tally. Novel: Cormac McCarthy. Cast: Matt Damon (John Grady Cole), Henry Thomas (Lacey Rawlins), Lucas Black (Jimmy Blevins), Penélope Cruz, Rúben Blades, Robert Patrick… Bruce Dern, Sam Shepard, Jesse Plemons.
Trivia: Co-produced by Thornton. Brad Pitt was allegedly considered for the part of Cole.
