American Frontier Trilogy From Taylor Sheridan

Sicario (2015)

In this exciting and timely thriller, idealistic FBI agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) is recruited by CIA operative Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) for a dangerous mission to take down a powerful Mexican drug cartel. Joining Graver and his mysterious associate Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), Kate finds everything she believes about right and wrong being challenged as she faces the harsh realities of the war on drugs. With Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya. 121 min. C/Rtg: R

Hell Or High Water (2016)

Across a stretch of West Texas, a chain of banks is subjected to meticulously planned, small-bills-only armed holdups by divorced dad Toby Howard (Chris Pine) and his violent, ex-con older brother Tanner (Ben Foster). Assigned to the oddball case, cagey, cusp-of-retirement Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton (Jeff Bridges) has to figure out what’s underlying the siblings’ agenda...and deal with a lender-wary public embracing them as folk heroes. Flavorful contemporary Western co-stars Gil Birmingham, Katy Mixon, Dale Dickey. 102 min. C/Rtg: R

Wind River (2017)

While pursuing a mountain lion through the snows of a Wyoming reservation, U.S. Fish & Wildlife tracker Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner) comes upon the corpse of a young Native American woman. Shaken due to the loss of his own daughter under similar, unsolved circumstances, he lends his expertise to raw FBI assignee Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen) in the hopes of finding the killer...and a measure of redemption. Intriguing mystery co-stars Graham Greene, Jon Bernthal, Julia Jones. 107 min. C/Rtg: R