Taylor Sheridan's Brutal Crime Thriller With Emily Blunt Is Taking Over HBO Max A Decade Later

10 Years Later, An Underrated Western Thriller Remains Sneakily Influential

Moviestore/ShutterstockSince the decline of the western, there have been constant efforts to reinvigorate the genre for contemporary audiences. As we are beyond the days of cowboys and shootouts in the middle of the street, how do you adapt the genre conventions for the present day? This has been the success of Taylor Sheridan’s ascent to stardom — in the shows written, directed, or produced by him for Paramount, the multihyphenate has figured o…

10 Years Later, Taylor Sheridan's 102-Minute Thriller Is Better Than Any Of His Western Shows

Arguably Taylor Sheridan's greatest Western movie turned 10 years old in 2026, and it beats out even his most acclaimed television series.

Taylor Sheridan's Brutal Crime Thriller With Emily Blunt Is Taking Over HBO Max A Decade Later

Before Taylor Sheridan was the king of modern Westerns, he wrote the screenplay for one of the best crime thrillers of the 2010s.