Ride With the Devil

A complex tale of uneasy alliances along the Kansas/Missouri border during the Civil War, Ride with the Devil concerns Jack Bull Chiles (Skeet Ulrich), a proud son of the South ready to fight for the Confederate cause after his father is killed by Union troops. Chiles's best friend, Jake Roedel ...more

This superb character study of Confederate guerilla raiders during the U.S. Civil War is yet another feather in the creative cap of director Ang Lee and his frequent collaborator, screenwriter/producer James Schamus. Lee's works may seem on the surface quite disparate, but just as in his previous films, themes recur here of societal divisions clashing until matriarchal forces triumph over the prevailing-but-crumbling patriarchy. In this case, it's the conflict between rich and poor, free and ...more