The Weight

Ethan Hawke is a force of nature in Padraic McKinley’s “The Weight.” There are few actors today who have demonstrated as consistently as Hawke has that they can do just about anything, but the recently Oscar-nominated performer turns in yet another stirring performance in this tense Western that marks the directorial debut of McKinley, an editor known for his work on “The Good Lord Bird” and “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. “The Weight” takes place in 1933 Oregon and follows a single father attempting to get free from a work camp so he can return home to his daughter, which requires Hawke to carry a lot on his shoulders. Some of this is literal, as his character and a group of other prisoners are told they must secretively schlep heavy bricks of gold through the perilous wilderness in exchange for a reduced sentence.-The Wrap “A harrowing thriller. It joins The Wages of Fear and The Revenant amongst great treacherous terrain adventures. “-UPI