Review - One Ranger on Prime

One Ranger on Prime

One Ranger, now streaming on Prime or available for purchase on Amazon, is an interesting blend of a modern western Texas Ranger, British MI6, drug cartels, and terrorists.

It's the kind of movie that makes you think it should have been better with those plot elements and with Thomas Jane and John Malkovich headlining the flick.

Also appearing in the movie are Dominique Tipper as Agent Jennifer Smith and Dean Jagger as the big baddie Declan McBride.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Texas Ranger Alex Tyree—Thomas Jane—is tracking bank robber Declan McBride across the West Texas desert.

When the Ranger's partner is killed, Tyree is drawn into partnership with British intelligence agent Jennifer Smith (Dominique Tipper) and her boss Geddes (John Malkovich) to capture McBride, who he has learned is an  international terrorist who plans to detonate a bomb in the heart of London.

Released in October 2022, film rights were then acquired by Lionsgate. 

The movie premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival in April 2023, and a couple of weeks later it was released in selected theaters and  on demand streaming.

SHOULD YOU WATCH IT?

Thomas Jane and John Malkovich make just about anything worth watching. As the Ranger, Jane chews up the scenery. In fact, I think he relished playing a bigger than life Texas Ranger, accent and all, as a throwback to a previous era. (He may have been channeling Clint Eastwood in the movie Coogan's Bluff.)

The movie did not receive good ratings. The story just doesn't come together in a way that makes for a compelling film. 

However, there are worse movies out there. Darling Hubby thought it was OK, and, because of Jane and Malkovich, I'll give it an OK minus. That means if there's nothing else on, give it a shot. 

TAKEAWAY TRUTH

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