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<\/a><\/div>\nA man is cycling to post bail for his brother with a matter of urgency. It isn\u2019t long before he\u2019s pulled over by the police on false charges, beaten, and having his bail money stolen. He goes to the local jail the report a crime: but knows he\u2019s getting nowhere when he tells the officer he didn\u2019t get his badge number. It\u2019s a harrowing start to Rebel Ridge<\/i>, Jeremy Saulnier latest straight-to-Netflix Rambo<\/i>-esque thriller from the director of Blue Ruin, but if there\u2019s anything that Sauliner is good at it\u2019s escalating the tension. There\u2019s shades of Jack Reacher<\/i> all over this film \u2013 the lone wonderer, buff protagonist, played superbly by breakout Aaron Piere, pitted against small town cops who are working together protecting a get-rich-quick scheme.The set up is fascinatingly simple and it never convolutes itself. <\/p>\n
It’s to Rebel Ridge<\/i>\u2019s credit that the film creates tension like no other. The scene where Pierre\u2019s Terry Richmond is breaking out of a police station with a hostage is executed masterfully to avoid escalation where shoutier, louder directors would\u2019ve fallen prey to. Don Johnson is the perfect foil as the lead cop; embroiled in this scheme, and AnnaSophia Robb takes on the role as a sympathetic helper to Terry. It\u2019s standard character roles played to superb perfection by each actor involved \u2013 the small town atmosphere creates a sense of charm that is easy to engage with. It\u2019s incredibly cynical and it\u2019s incredibly restrained, less of a gore-fest than say Green Room but with the right reason not to \u2013 it\u2019s a personal challenge for Sauliner to make a film without resorting to murder. There\u2019s no shootout that you\u2019d expect a modern western to have for a final act, lots of talk from de-escalation on both sides runs hard, and if there\u2019s one role that Johnson is very good at, it\u2019s the role of a corrupt Southern official. He plays I a little too well \u2013 but opposite him, Pierre puts in a megstar worthy performance that deserved the big screen \u2013 he owns every scene he\u2019s in and his character\u2019s intelligence almost makes him the calmest man in the room at all times. He\u2019s introduced to our bad guys when they start to realise they are out of their depth \u2013 he has a Wikipedia page, he\u2019s constantly disarming people, trying not to hurt them unless provoked.\n<\/p>\n
It’s interesting to make Terry not the righteous Reacher type from the word go \u2013 he wants to get out without a fight. He wants the police to keep the money in exchange for his brother. It\u2019s a compromise that exists at every turn; but Rebel Ridge<\/i> shows that for some people, compromise can never be enough. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened had John Boyega remained in this project but Pierre does the Terry role superbly; his physical presence is worthy of an action franchise although I hope Rebel Ridge<\/i> remains a standalone. It\u2019s a Rambo for the thinking man, as Stephen King put it \u2013 an adrenaline rush that then experiences the comedown perhaps in the middle of the film but it\u2019s something that you can\u2019t help but admire its deliberate need for de-escalation before the escalation even starts. Anything further and the ending would\u2019ve stretched credibility. In Sauliner\u2019s hands, it\u2019s presented with tact and care. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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