Neal McDonough plays Joe Wainright, a retired rodeo star who has no business getting back on a bull.
Which, of course, is exactly what he does.
Joe’s grandson needs help, and the quickest way to get it means returning to the sport he walked away from years ago. It’s a familiar setup, but that’s not really a problem here.
McDonough is the reason it works. He has spent years playing intense, dangerous, unpleasant guys, so seeing him carry a movie like this is a nice change. He fits the part almost suspiciously well.
This is not a complicated movie. Far from it.
But it knows exactly what it is.
An aging athlete gets one more shot.
The body says no.
The family says please don’t.
But sometimes you do what you have to do—even if what you have to do is get back on a bull.
A bull you have absolutely no business being on.
