REVIEWS

Ride with the Devil 
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our grade 
A- 
users grade 
B 

Our Review: 
From Sense and Sensibility to The Ice Storm, Lee proves he could probably direct the phone book and make it compelling. Here, he gives epic sweep to this Civil War film about the guerrilla fighting that turned the plains of Missouri into a killing field. The brutal razing of Lawrence, Kansas, by the rebel forces is just one set piece of this Midwestern that gives the movie a grandeur not seen since the days of John Ford. And the performances from the young cast are excellent, especially Wright as a freed slave who bushwhacks for the confederate cause and Rhys-Meyers as a rebel assassin consumed by hate. Saddle up!