In doing so, the Frenchman was able to score just his second goal of 2018 after
something of a dry spell in front of goal for Arsenal, hopefully giving his confidence a major boost.
Bottom line, there's
something a little minimalist about this dramatically promising story, and it grows harder to deny that the more sentimentality,
dry spells and excessive dragging slow momentum, to the point
of holding the final product shy
of a rewarding state, flirted with enough by lovely scoring and visual style, some worthy story elements, strong performances - particularly that
of Gene Hackman - and inspired direction to make «Bite the Bullet» a decent and sometimes gripping western drama, despite lost potential.