2025 · drama · crime · western
Same Old West
Directed by Erico Rassi1h 37m2025
In the backlands of Goiás, Brazil, brutish men who cannot deal with their weaknesses are constantly abandoned by the women they love. Sad and bitter, these men turn violently against each other.
Our read: Same Old West (2025) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · crime · western entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- extreme
- twisty
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