Wind River Movie Review

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Wind River is a very violent crime/murder story set on a Native American reservation in Wyoming. There's a brutal rape scene, plus fighting, beating, and bludgeoning, lots of guns/shooting, gory dead bodies, and plenty of blood. A wolf is also shot and killed. Language is very strong in certain scenes, with many uses of "f--k," "s--t," "a--hole," and more. Secondary characters are shown dangerously, abusively drunk in one scene, and some characters smoke cigarettes. In one scene, a man and a woman kiss passionately and lie in bed together; sex is implied and mentioned. A few characters are scantily clad, but no actual nudity is shown. While some may raise eyebrows at a Native American story being told with white main characters (including Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen), the movie does make a point of sending a message about the shameful fact that unlike women in any other culture, Native American women who go missing aren't tracked or counted. The movie marks the directorial debut of Taylor Sheridan, who wrote Sicario and Hell or High Water, and it's another smart, solid, but very mature story.

The film is directed by Taylor Sheridan, American actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for wrote the screenplay for Sicario (2015), and Hell or High Water (2016), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
He also starred in FX television series Sons of Anarchy, and directed the film Wind River, starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen.

WHAT'S THE STORY?
Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner) works in the freezing mountains of Wyoming as a tracker and hunter, stopping wild animals from killing livestock. On a nearby Native American reservation, he discovers the body of a teen girl. An FBI agent, Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen), is called in, and it's determined that the girl was raped and then tried to run, barefoot, across the freezing snow. Working with the local sheriff, Ben (Graham Greene), Lambert and Banner try to figure out what happened. At first, events point toward the girl's boyfriend, but things aren't as they seem. At the same time, Lambert deals with the loss of his own daughter, and his relationship with his Native American ex-wife and their young son, as well as his friendship with the dead girl's father, Martin (Gil Birmingham).

MOVIE INFO
Rating: R (strong violence, a rape, disturbing images, and language)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By: Taylor Sheridan
Written By: Taylor Sheridan
In theaters: August 4, 2017
Runtime: 107 minutes
Music by: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Graham Greene