{"id":274097,"date":"2023-06-21T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmobsessive.com\/?p=274097"},"modified":"2023-06-21T07:54:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T12:54:04","slug":"surrounded-crafts-a-compelling-western-around-letitia-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmobsessive.com\/film\/new-releases\/surrounded-crafts-a-compelling-western-around-letitia-wright\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrounded Crafts a Compelling Western Around Letitia Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"
Surrounded\u00a0<\/em>feels like a film that should have more buzz around it. The film, directed by Anthony Mandler, starring Letitia Wright and Jamie Bell, also features Michael K. Williams in his final film appearance. It has some names behind it! Maybe not the biggest names in Hollywood, but surely a collection of talent that warrants more discussion. And beyond that, it is a superbly well done western thriller that merges spectacle, character, and meaning in effective ways.<\/p>\n The film, set in 1870 in the American West, centers on Mo Washington (Wright), a young drifter traveling west in search of the property her family had been granted after being released from slavery. Mo, passing as a man, buys a ticket on a stagecoach heading toward her destination, but her journey is interrupted when a gang of bandits holds them up, led by the supposedly infamous Tommy Walsh (Bell).<\/p>\n Mo and the stagecoach party end up restraining Walsh, but Mo is left alone with him while the rest of the party heads to town to get the law. Most of Surrounded\u00a0<\/em>sees the two left alone to reckon with and learn about each other, and this is where the film really comes into its own.<\/p>\n