Ride with the Devil (1999) - Blu-ray Forum

drownsoda · 11-10-2019, 05:10 AM

With this new director’s cut, Ang Lee reconstructs his original vision for Ride with the Devil, a harrowing, unorthodox Civil War epic. Set during the Kansas-Missouri border war, the film follows Jake (Tobey Maguire) and Jack Bull (Skeet Ulrich), who join the Confederate-sympathizing Bushwhackers after Jack Bull’s father is killed by abolitionist Jayhawkers, and find an unusual ally in 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.

––I just picked this up during the Barnes and Noble sale as a blind buy, and was shocked by how good it was. I was sad to see there is not a thread dedicated to it, so I figured I'd start one. Criterion put the Blu-ray out in 2010, so it's one of their earlier forays into the format (and is low on features), but it's still an amazing release—and an amazing movie. I don't normally like Westerns, but I had faith given that it was Ang Lee. The cast is amazing too. Even Jewel was great in it.

11-10-2019, 05:10 AM	#1
drownsoda Power Member Member since:Dec 2018 Location:Oregon 4K collection:288 Blu-ray collection:1726 DVD collection:105 Digital collection:16 Prime collection:5	Ride with the Devil (1999) With this new director’s cut, Ang Lee reconstructs his original vision for Ride with the Devil, a harrowing, unorthodox Civil War epic. Set during the Kansas-Missouri border war, the film follows Jake (Tobey Maguire) and Jack Bull (Skeet Ulrich), who join the Confederate-sympathizing Bushwhackers after Jack Bull’s father is killed by abolitionist Jayhawkers, and find an unusual ally in 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. ––I just picked this up during the Barnes and Noble sale as a blind buy, and was shocked by how good it was. I was sad to see there is not a thread dedicated to it, so I figured I'd start one. Criterion put the Blu-ray out in 2010, so it's one of their earlier forays into the format (and is low on features), but it's still an amazing release—and an amazing movie. I don't normally like Westerns, but I had faith given that it was Ang Lee. The cast is amazing too. Even Jewel was great in it.

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