Hi-Lo Country, The

Aroview: Long left out to pasture, the male-bonding cowboy genre is saddled-up and mounted by dir. Stephen Frears (THE GRIFTERS), who honours the standard settings of saloon, cattle drive and rodeo while adding interesting touches of noir complication. Billy Crudup is returning home from WWII to New Mexico and a cast of feckless characters including Woody Harrelson and Patricia Arquette, where the traditional prairie issues of land, sex and tradition await him.