At 80,Martin Scorsesehas finally made a Western, and it packs a wallop.
It was diabolical, no less so because its architect convinced those involved that it was entirely legal.
The movie really is about greed in that way, the lengths we may go to get rich.
Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’Apple/Paramount
If this can happen enough, Hale believes, the Osage people will be pushed out and/or killed off.
Getting wind of this, FBI agent White (Jesse Plemons) turns up to investigate.
Things heat up as Mollie herself becomes sick.
Leonardo DiCaprioandLily Gladstonein ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’Apple/Paramount
Early on we know damn well who is responsible and why it is happening.
Scorsese even incorporates a killing montage just to drive the point home.
Yes, it feels truly epic in many ways, but all in service to the story.
I never looked at my watch.
Gladstone is just terrific, playing Mollie on several levels and making us believe every beat of this performance.
Her casting here is perfect.
The picture was already alive before he shows up, but it gets even more so when he does.
Bradley Thomas, Daniel Lupi, Dan Friedkin and Scorsese produced.
That alone makes it a movie that could not come at a better time.
Parmount Pictures will openKillers of the Flower Moonin theaters limited on October 6 and wide on October 20.
It will stream on a later unspecified date on Apple TV+.
