The Old Way

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The Old Way

R

2023

1h 35m

Western

Action

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Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage stars in his first-ever Western as Colton Briggs, 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) -- in this action-filled film that builds toward its fateful showdown with pulse-pounding suspense.

Critics Consensus

Nicolas Cage's first Western may be a bit of a genre departure for the prolific actor, but in most respects, it's merely a return to his Old Way of picking up roles in disappointingly subpar projects.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

01/18/2023

It's just so bland and cheap-looking.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

01/16/2023

3/5

Two elements make the picture worth watching: one is Nicolas Cage, wearily brutal as Colton Briggs, a man who has already completed a lifetime’s worth of killing. The other is Ryan Kiera Armstrong...

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Jordan King

Empire Magazine

01/13/2023

2/5

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.

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David Day

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 23

7/10

The hope or lack-thereof for the next generation and having to deal with the sins of their forefathers is an age-old one and that’s why it resonates so deeply.

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Joseph Tomastik

Loud and Clear Reviews

11/20/2024

3/5

The premise sounded really standard on paper… and sadly, it’s just as standard in the finished product.

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Robert W. Butler

Butler's Cinema Scene

06/09/2023

B-

In the end The Old Way is minor Cage in a minor film, but lovers of Westerns and sleight-of-hand acting will find it a tolerable amusement.

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Synopsis

Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage stars in his first-ever Western as Colton Briggs, 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) -- in this action-filled film that builds toward its fateful showdown with pulse-pounding suspense.

Director: Brett Donowho
Producer: Brett Donowho, Micah Haley, Robert Paschall Jr., R. Bryan Wright, Sasha Yelaun
Screenwriter: Carl W. Lucas
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Intercut Capital, Tri-Fold Pictures, Saturn Films, E1 Entertainment, EchoWolf Productions, Capstone Studios
Rating: R (Violence)
Genre: Western, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 6, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 13, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA): $365.0K
Runtime: 1h 35m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)