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32% Tomatometer 59 Reviews 70% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Verified Ratings Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage stars in his first-ever Western as Colton Briggs, a cold-blooded gunslinger turned respectable family man. When an outlaw and his gang put Colton and his family in peril, Colton is forced to take up arms with an unlikely partner -- his 12-year-old daughter (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) -- in this action-filled film that builds toward its fateful showdown with pulse-pounding suspense. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

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Nicolas Cage's first Western may be a bit of a genre departure for the prolific actor, but in most respects, it's merely a return to his Old Way of picking up roles in disappointingly subpar projects.

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The Old Way | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Christy Lemire FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) It's just so bland and cheap-looking. Jan 18, 2023 Full Review The Old Way | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Wendy Ide Observer (UK) Two elements make the picture worth watching: one is Nicolas Cage, wearily brutal as Colton Briggs, a man who has already completed a lifetime’s worth of killing. The other is Ryan Kiera Armstrong... Rated: 3/5 Jan 16, 2023 Full Review The Old Way | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Jordan King Empire Magazine Though Cage and Armstrong’s father-daughter dynamic merits praise, The Old Way tries so hard to emulate Westerns past that it squanders a gilt-edged opportunity to do something new. Rated: 2/5 Jan 13, 2023 Full Review The Old Way | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Robert W. Butler Butler's Cinema Scene In the end The Old Way is minor Cage in a minor film, but lovers of Westerns and sleight-of-hand acting will find it a tolerable amusem*nt. Rated: B- Jun 9, 2023 Full Review The Old Way | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Yep! It's an oater like a saddle fits a horse. Rated: C+ Mar 29, 2023 Full Review The Old Way | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Susan Granger SSG Syndicate There's little originality in Carl W. Lucas's contrive, utterly predictable script, blandly directed by Brett Donowho. Don't bother with this dismal Western. Rated: 4/10 Mar 20, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cathy P It was predictable and slow at times. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Disappointed It was like watching a very low budget movie with inexperienced actors. Best actor was the little girl. But who leaves a 12 year old to survive on her own and run a merchantile store by herself even during the wild west? Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Kathleen W Very very slow. Nicholas Cage needs to hang it up. Too old. The little girl that played Brooke was very good. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review John F It was a good western. I like Nick Cage too, so it was fun seeing him in that role. The girl who played the daughter was very good. The movie was a bit predictable, but I enjoyed it! Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Donna M Not your typical western, slow moving but I liked it. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Phil As soon as I saw the unbelievably fake mustache on Cage in the first scene of the movie, I almost walked out…I should have! Terrible writing, terrible directing, terrible cast, and one of Nicolas Cages worst performance’s ever! Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Brett Donowho Director Nicolas Cage Colton Briggs Ryan Kiera Armstrong Brooke Clint Howard Eustice Abraham Benrubi Big Mike Nick Searcy Marshal Jarret
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Synopsis Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage stars in his first-ever Western as Colton Briggs, a cold-blooded gunslinger turned respectable family man. When an outlaw and his gang put Colton and his family in peril, Colton is forced to take up arms with an unlikely partner -- his 12-year-old daughter (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) -- in this action-filled film that builds toward its fateful showdown with pulse-pounding suspense.

Director
Brett Donowho

Producer
Brett Donowho, Micah Haley, Robert Paschall Jr., R. Bryan Wright, Sasha Yelaun

Screenwriter
Carl W. Lucas

Distributor
Saban Films

Production Co
E1 Entertainment, EchoWolf Productions, Intercut Capital, Tri-Fold Pictures, Saturn Films, Capstone Studios

Rating
R (Violence)

Genre
Western, Action

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 6, 2023, Limited

Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 13, 2023

Box Office (Gross USA)
$365.0K

Runtime
1h 35m

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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