Before creating blockbuster hits Yellowstone, Tulsa King and Landman, Taylor Sheridan wrote the highly-acclaimed crime thriller HELL OR HIGH WATER - starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster and Jeff Bridges - that makes its 4K UHD worldwide debut on May 18th, with a brand new restoration.

Directed by David Mackenzie (Fuze), and starring Chris Pine (Star Trek) and Ben Foster (The Messenger) as desperate brothers on a bank robbing spree, with Jeff Bridges (True Grit) as a Texas Ranger on their trail, HELL OR HIGH WATER is a superb neo-Western crime thriller that Variety describes as “a thrillingly good movie” and CineVue says is a “brilliantly executed, sharply written genre gem”.

A critical smash that was nominated for four Academy Awards and three BAFTAs, the film features stunning cinematography by Giles Nuttgens that captures the vast, forbidding Texas landscape to perfection, and a fantastically moody score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. An early example of the outrageously talented Sheridan’s examination of fractured macho idealism brought to earth with a crash, HELL OR HIGH WATER is a superb showcase for the underrated talents of Pine and Foster, and Bridges delivers yet another reliably brilliant performance. The film joins the ranks of No Country for Old Men and Sheridan’s own Sicario as a dust-blown crime classic.

SYNOPSIS:
Texas brothers – Toby (Chris Pine) and Tanner (Ben Foster) come together after years divided to rob branches of the bank threatening to foreclose on their family land. Vengeance seems to be theirs, until they find themselves on the radar of Texas Ranger, Marcus (Jeff Bridges) looking for one last grand pursuit on the eve of his retirement. As the brothers plot a final bank heist to complete their scheme, and with the Rangers on their heels, a showdown looms at the crossroads where the values of the Old and New West murderously collide.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Enemies Forever”: The Characters Of Hell or High Water featurette
“Visualizing The Heart Of America” featurette
“Damaged Heroes: The Performances of Hell Or High Water” featurette
Red Carpet Premiere
Filmmaker Q&A
Interview with director David Mackenzie

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