The Old Way

R

Released Jan 6, 2023

1 hr. 35 min.

Western

Action

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59 Reviews

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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.

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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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Cathy P

It was predictable and slow at times.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Disappointed

It was like watching a very low budget movie with inexperienced actors. Best actor was the little girl. But who leaves a 12 year old to survive on her own and run a merchantile store by herself even during the wild west?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Kathleen W

Very very slow. Nicholas Cage needs to hang it up. Too old. The little girl that played Brooke was very good.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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John F

It was a good western. I like Nick Cage too, so it was fun seeing him in that role. The girl who played the daughter was very good. The movie was a bit predictable, but I enjoyed it!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Donna M

Not your typical western, slow moving but I liked it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Phil

As soon as I saw the unbelievably fake mustache on Cage in the first scene of the movie, I almost walked out…I should have! Terrible writing, terrible directing, terrible cast, and one of Nicolas Cages worst performance’s ever!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Brett Donowho

Director

Nicolas Cage

Colton Briggs

Ryan Kiera Armstrong

Brooke

Clint Howard

Eustice

Abraham Benrubi

Big Mike

Nick Searcy

Marshal Jarret

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's just so bland and cheap-looking.

Jan 18, 2023

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

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...

Rated: 3/5

Jan 16, 2023

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Jordan King

Empire Magazine

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.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 13, 2023

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Robert W. Butler

Butler's Cinema Scene

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.

Rated: B-

Jun 9, 2023

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Yep! It's an oater like a saddle fits a horse.

Rated: C+

Mar 29, 2023

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Susan Granger

SSG Syndicate

There's little originality in Carl W. Lucas's contrive, utterly predictable script, blandly directed by Brett Donowho. Don't bother with this dismal Western.

Rated: 4/10

Mar 20, 2023

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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
Executive Producer: David Haring, Christian Mercuri, Fred Roos, David Pomier, William V. Bromiley, Shanan Becker, Jonathan Saba, Ness Saban, Carl W. Lucas
Screenwriter: Carl W. Lucas
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: E1 Entertainment, EchoWolf Productions, Intercut Capital, Tri-Fold Pictures, Saturn Films, 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
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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