Ride With the Devil


A slice-of-life look at life in the ''irregulars'', men who took part in the US Civil war without officially joining the army. Instead they operated as loosly-formed groups of guerrillas in civilian clothes, killing everyone they thought was an enemy. The plotline basically has one of them ending up taking care of the lover and daughter of his best friend, while trying to stay alive.


138 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Violence) .
Drama, Romance, War

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Looks like fine weather for a war...
Looks like fine weather for a war...

Credits

Cast
Skeet Ulrich, Toby Maguire, Jewel Kilcher, Jeffrey Wright, Simon Baker
Director
Ang Lee
ScreenplayJames Schamus, from a novel by Daniel Woodrell
MusicMychael Danna
Sound formatsDolby
Made in1999
Produced byUniversal Pictures, Maplewood Productions, Inc., Good Machine, Hollywood International Multimedia Group, Inc.

Official Site




Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

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Ian Douglas
5
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10
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15
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12
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15
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
5
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Marius Jooste
10
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Tony Jackman
10
TV3 Screenplay
Barry Ronge
10
eye Weekly
Gemma Files
15
Box Office
Kevin Courrier
5
Rough Cut
Spencer H. Abbott
16
Total Film
Neil Smith
20
Film Review
Ian Calcutt
15

What the People say

Internet
32 Netizens
15

Average .. 59%

12

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: The book origins of the film show clearly, as the story probably worked Okay on paper, but on film it just meanders along from one incident to the next, with nothing driving the characters. They seem to accept that their side will lose the war, but still they think it is right to go and kill other people who happen to live on the wrong side of an imaginary line. The hero shows remarkably little backbone when forced to do something lifechanging, against his will.






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