Ride The Eagle: DVD Review
Ride The Eagle: DVD Review Marketed as a comedy, but probably more appropriate as something of a whimsical curio, Trent O'Donnell's Ride The Eagle feels like a movie made in Covid times, isolated as its main characters are. Johnson stars as Leif, a bit of a drifter musician whose life is changed when his estranged mother Honey (Sarandon) dies. Sent a video with his mother offering him a conditional inheritance if he completes her to-do list, Leif begins to go through the list, and reconnect with his past and his mixed feelings about his mother and their time together. There is a gentle laid back vibe to Ride The Eagle, with its Californian roads and countryside pushing through the opening sequences - with a middle of the road OST as well and a back and forth with a former flame, it's really not in any rush to go anywhere, despite Johnson's charm as Leif. In truth, Ride The Eagle feels like a play in many ways, albeit one that's nowhere near as humourous as its marke...