I’m Trevor with the Sasquatch Movie Minute with a 2025er review, looking at SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, directed by Nick Rowland, starring Taron Egerton. An absentee ex-con and his daughter are marked for death and on the run from powerful drug dealers.

3 out of 5

A gritty Southwestern thriller; I enjoyed this but felt like the movie kept getting in its own way by aiming to be more than the B-movie it is. I liked the scuzzy details of the meth dealers, the escalation of threats reminding me of WINTER’S BONE. The relationship between Egerton and the girl was lovely, but it felt like some scenes of the relationship growing were out of order in the beginning. The dialogue was trying to mix tough guy cliché with history references, and it sounded awkward, deflating tension from scenes. The music pushed too hard in some emotional scenes, and there were some wildly dumb plot holes. The grainy washed-out cinematography was awesome. I wanted to love this more than I did.

Best Scene. The truckstop church sequence used silence and a tense set piece to draw the dad and daughter closer together. The camerawork, blocking, and emotion really worked here. Also, the last shot of the film was tremendously powerful. But then it went on too long and curdled my emotion into irritation. A microcosm of the problems with the rest of the film.

Best Performance. I really enjoyed Rob Yang as the cop. Even though he was supposedly playing the incorruptible, ‘good guy’ role, he came at it in a sleazy, mercenary-type of way. I’m not sure if it was good acting or not, but I couldn’t wait to see what he said next.

I’d recommend this for some gentle dad-daughter moments and some gritty action, only if you can get past cliched cop banter and awkward filmmaking.