What to Stream: Get the Dossier on Movies of 'Wild Horse Nine' Filmmaker Martin McDonagh
- Director Martin McDonagh's dark comedy "Wild Horse Nine" opens in theaters Friday, featuring John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell amid significant Oscar buzz.
- Set in 1973, the film follows two CIA agents, Chris Carlisle and Lee, dispatched from Santiago to remote Easter Island as Chile faces a military coup.
- Carlisle, played by Malkovich, is terminally ill and attempting to accelerate his decline after outliving his six-month prognosis; McDonagh praised the leads, calling their work "the best acting you'll see all year."
- Rounding out the cast are Steve Buscemi, Mariana Di Girolamo, and Parker Posey, who described the production simply as "fun" during interviews with entertainment reporter Joelle Garguilo.
- The plot sends the agents more than 2,000 miles into the Pacific, where McDonagh's screenplay blends sharp, subversive dialogue with conspiracy tropes evoking a post-Tarantino universe.
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The long-awaited latest creation by Martin McDonagh, “Wild Horse Nine,” which thrilled at the Venice Film Festival, with the excellent John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell, is in cinemas. “Wild Horse Nine,” starring John Malkovich, clearly dominates the seven new films of the week. Also of interest are “Ramayana,” the impressive epic from India, and “Club Kid,” by Jordan Firstman, an unconventional family drama, while fans of Liam Neeson will find th…
‘Wild Horse Nine’ Straddles Death, Dignity for Democracy Destabilizers
After a lifetime of plotting and carrying out assassinations to destabilize democracies, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent Chris (John Malkovich) finally asks himself how the hell he will get to heaven. It’s 1973, and Chris is stationed in Chile alongside his protege Lee (Sam Rockwell), literally heralding the United States’ otherwise covert coup of Marxist President Allende’s government… Source
What to stream: Get the dossier on movies of 'Wild Horse Nine' filmmaker Martin McDonagh
The films of British Irish filmmaker and playwright Martin McDonagh are their own distinctive subgenre — populated by irascible but lovable characters, his films are the work of a true auteur, distinctive in their worldview, though diverse in their milieu. His latest film, “Wild Horse Nine,” starring John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Parker Posey, Steve Buscemi and Mariana di Girolamo, takes place ...
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Lodinews.comReview: Take a head trip with ‘Wild Horse Nine,’ a vacation comedy about the CIA’s dark deeds
Whether in Missouri or Bruges, an isle off the coast of Ireland or a speck in the Pacific Ocean, a Martin McDonagh movie whisks audiences someplace remote for a detached view of the mess we’ve made of civilization. Human society…
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