Quartile rating: 8/10 · 1 rating
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Wind River is a gripping, slow-burn thriller set against the bleak Wyoming winter, with Taylor Sheridan's sharp script delivering genuine tension and emotional weight around the crisis of violence on Native American reservations. Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen deliver strong, grounded performances, and the cinematography makes stunning, haunting use of the vast frozen landscape. The plot is compelling and purposeful, using the murder mystery as a vehicle for a larger, sobering commentary on indigenous communities. The ending, while powerful in its brutal reveal, feels slightly rushed and conventional in its resolution. Novelty sits at average — while the setting and social awareness are distinctive, the whodunit structure follows familiar thriller beats.