True Grit: Blu Ray Review
True Grit
Rating: M
Released by Universal Home Ent
Jeff Bridges stars as Rooster Cogburn in this Coen Bros helmed
remake of the 1969 Western which originally starred John
Wayne.
Cogburn's a one-eyed US Marshall who's charged by Hailee
Steinfeld's teenaged Mattie Ross to bring her father's killer, Tom
Chaney (Josh Brolin) to justice.
Initially reticent, Cogburn takes on the job - and ends up teaming
up with Texas Ranger La Beouf (Matt Damon) who's also tracking
Chaney.
The three of them head out on the trail - with Ross determined to
make sure Cogburn brings her father's killer home to face justice
rather than see him swing in Texas (La Beouf's wishes).
But when Mattie accidentally stumbles across Chaney, the quest
suddenly becomes deadly.
True Grit is a straight forward Western, which while sublime in
places may not appeal to everyone.
Bridges and Damon are good but all in honesty, they're acted off
the screen by Steinfeld, whose performance is astoundingly star
making. Her Mattie is precocious, head strong and described by one
character as "hard as nails". And yet once or twice, when the
bravado slips, Steinfeld brings to the role a steely vulnerability
and a humanity which it's hard not to warm to - or be impressed by
- it's
a star making turn and one of the best reasons to see this
film.
Extras: Plenty of behind the scenes, casting, trailer, doco about
the writer - a good solid bunch.
Rating: 8/10
