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Paste Magazine by Andrew Crump
When Donowho brings The Old Way back to the well-trod ground of old Westerns, it’s just plain old.
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What are critics saying?
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The New York Times by Calum Marsh
While it’s true that a certain tepid aspect is common to most B westerns, those of the ’30s and ’40s were made with a baseline competence that The Old Way is woefully lacking.
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The first part of the problem is that Donowho’s competent but uncompelling oater doesn’t have enough fresh meat on its bones to fill out its Western cosplay.
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RogerEbert.com by Peter Sobczynski
The Western may not be entirely dead yet, but The Old Way is not exactly doing it any favors.
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Chicago Sun-Times by Richard Roeper
This is a revenge Western we’ve seen dozens of times before, and the villains aren’t nearly as intimidating and pitch-black evil as they need to be. The end result is a passably entertaining shoot-’em-up with very few surprises.
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Austin Chronicle by Richard Whittaker
Yes, The Old Way is at first glimpse merely a classic revenger, but it's also vintage low-key Cage, with that acid little twist that makes it all the more fascinating.
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That simple quest, packaged in a 95 minute movie, takes forever to play out thanks to one eye-rolling Pause for a Monologue after another.