Directed by:
Ang LeeScreenplay:
James SchamusCinematography:
Frederick ElmesComposer:
Mychael DannaCast:
Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Jewel Kilcher, Jeffrey Wright, Simon Baker, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, James Caviezel, Tom Guiry, Tom Wilkinson, Jonathan Brandis (more)VOD (3)
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Set in 1862, during the Kansas-Missouri border war, the film stars Tobey Maguire as Jake and Skeet Ulrich as his friend Jack Bull; they join the Confederate-sympathizing Bushwhackers after Jack's father is killed by marauding members of the abolitionist Jayhawkers. But Ride with the Devil is also the story of their unusual ally Holt (Jeffrey Wright), who's fighting for the South despite being a former slave. A rumination on identity and loyalty, both political and personal, Ride with the Devil is a provocative challenge to preconceptions about America's bloodiest conflict. (official distributor synopsis)
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Ang Lee is definitely a good director, and let's face it, he did a very good job capturing the North vs South war, one wouldn't even say that he actually doesn't have proper roots in America. But still, I couldn't help but find the film simply uninteresting. The characters and the direction the story took didn't entertain me.
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