Oxide Finally it comes out in theaters. Four after the accidental death of the director of photography Halyna Hutchins on the set, Western with Alec Baldwin is published this Friday, May 2 at the cinema and in VOD in the United States. Still unprecedented in France.
The first criticisms were published. They are in the arm quite mixed. If the deadline greets “an important role” for Alec Baldwin, the specific review that is “difficult to watch and criticize a film marked by such a tragedy.”
“Is it a good movie? It depends on its definition of the word ‘Bueno’. It is difficult to bring to the clouds a film where the irreparable has been committed. And it is impossible not to think of Halyna Hutchins, since his work in the image is excellent,” adds the wrapping.
“Three chain bits”
For the Hollywood Reporter, Oxide It is a “simple western, a classic story” that “lacks inspiration” but “rests above all in its beautiful landscapes.” The review also greets Hutchins’ photography and the choreography of action scenes.
“We can easily notice the scenes illuminated by Halyna Hutchins and those worked by Bianca Cline (who replaced him after his death, note of the editor) But the result is still harmonious and convincing, “said the magazine.
The variety is a bit more difficult. If the review recognizes that Oxide It is “better” than The crow – whose shooting was marked by accidental death by the ball of his star Brandon Lee – “,”Oxide Nor is it particularly good. “
“Its story is based on three pieces of rope, and is eternalized without any good reason for 2 hours and 19 minutes,” reads criticism. “And if I appreciate Baldwin as an actor, he doesn’t seem credible in a historical fiction.”
End of soap
The launch of Oxide Mark the end of a soap that began in October 2021. During the filming of the film, Alec Baldwin had blamed a weapon that was supposed to only contain white balls, but that he had taken a very real projectile.
The shot had killed the director of photography Halyna Hutchins and the wounded director Joel Souza. The actor had been accused by the American justice of having adopted a negligent behavior in the set and had been processed by involuntary homicide.
But his judgment was canceled due to a procedure defect. The movie the film, Hannah Gutiérrez-Reed, was convicted At 18 months in prisonTo accidentally load the gun with a real ball.
OxideWhat was it presented as a world premiere During the Camrimage Festival in Poland in November 2024, he tells him in the 1880s the history of Oxt Outlaw who tried to save his grandson condemned to hang by an involuntary homicide.
Source: BFM TV
