If you loved Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, try Ride with the Devil
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Ride with the Devil has roughly 3.0× fewer votes than Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Ang Lee, and they sit in Drama / War territory. If that's the register that drew you to Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Ride with the Devil is
Ang Lee tries his hand at a Civil War picture, but with more sensitive young men than usual. Bushwhackers fight for the Confederacy in Bleeding Kansas. It's a film that wants to be *The Searchers* but meanders into *Brokeback Mountain*.
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