Synopsis
A young civil war veteran is forced on a desperate journey to save his kidnapped wife.
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Cast
- Scott EastwoodJackson
- Walton GogginsEzra
- Camilla BelleAlexsandra
- Danny GloverBenjamin Carver
- Adam BeachNakoma
- Tzi MaQuok Mi
- Joaquim de AlmeidaArturo
- José ZúñigaGuillermo
- Samuel MartyIshani
- Nesta CooperRebecca Carver
Recommendations
- 67
The Playlist
With his second feature, Roeck shows that he’s a talented and patient genre storyteller, even though his film’s rather flat cinematography and low budget doesn’t match his obviously more grandiose vision. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Veteran actors such as Danny Glover and Walton Goggins bring much-needed flavor to Diablo. - 50
Variety
On the surface, Diablo would seem to have all of the proper ingredients for a rollicking retro Western, yet its sights are set a bit higher, which inspires both admiration for its moxie and disappointment that its script and direction aren’t up to the challenge. - 50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
By the time the film works up to its finale, what secrets it wants to reveal to us have become fairly obvious. But they still carry a dark charge; Diablo’s ultimate grisliness is impressive in its own way. And it might have worked, had the film not asked entirely too much of its young lead. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Without that sort of compelling figure at its center, Diablo feels far more like a pastiche than the real deal. - 38
Movie Nation
A violent and grimly obvious frontier thriller that Clint Eastwood might have made during his Spaghetti Days. - 25
Slant Magazine
It inelegantly attempts to infuse a standard revenge western with the gravitas of a war veteran's coming-home odyssey. - 25
The A.V. Club
Directed to resemble rather than act, Eastwood comes across as stiff and unemotive, though Diablo doesn’t even have the sense to let its star get upstaged by the overqualified supporting cast.
