2014 · western · action · drama
Young Ones
Directed by Jake Paltrow1h 40m2014
In a future where water is scarce, a farmer defends his land and hopes to rejuvenate his parched soil. However, his daughter's boyfriend schemes to steal the land for himself.
Our read: Young Ones (2014) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive western · action · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured western / action, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- bleak
- cold
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