SO, I decided to take a flier out on Ride with the Devil, an Ang Lee picture, which should have been my first indication that it would suck cock. Check out his filmography on imdb.com if you doubt this one. The cast is just ridiculous however sporting Mark Ruffalo (super small role), Skeet Ulrich (Dude has to be on drugs or something to have such ups and downs), Tom Wilkenson, Jewell, Tobey Maguire, Jim "Jesus" Caviezel, Johnny Rhys Meyers, Simon Baker, Jeffrey Wright (black CIA dude in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace). Movie should be super interesting about an insane time/place in US history. Border "states" because some technically weren't states, just territories during the civil war were neither Union, nor Confederate. There was a large gray area where gangs rode wild, most famously Quantrill's raiders, who pretty much killed, burned, generally just fucked shit up. How could this film be boring? Let me divulge.
They throw in some random-ass useless love story between Skeet Ulrich and Jewell. Could be about the gangs going around killing and pillaging everything, BUT NOOOOOOO. Had a few decent action scenes, but at weighing in at 2.15 hours, it was WAYYYY too few to make a human male happy. Throw in accents that aren't too enjoyable and you have trouble. I'm guessing this was one of Tobey's big breaks before Spider-Man, but it is far from decent. Great ensemble cast, long and boring story void of action in most parts.
Bottom line: 5.4 out of 10. It is watchable, I just don't know why you would.
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