The Old Man & the Gun (Movie 2018)

The Old Man & the Gun is an interesting character study based on a real life career criminal. It starts out in 1981. Movie legend Robert Redford plays 70 year old Forrest Tucker who has built a life on robbing banks and escaping from prisons. While making his get away from a bank robbery, he helps a woman played by Sissy Spacek with car trouble. He ends up forging a bond with her. You begin to see that for Forrest it is not about the money. For him it's the excitement and adventure of living this life. It's ingrained in him. He never used the gun. It was just a threat which of course still doesn't make it right. But even though he is criminal you end up, like Jewel (Sissy Spacek), liking the guy. I do enjoy seeing a resurgence of these smaller, lower budget movies where it's about storytelling and not special effects. This film also has a great supporting cast with Casey Affleck, Danny Glover, and Tom Waits.