Director David Mackenzie has had a famously diverse career, having made, among other things, a period epic, a sex comedy, and a prison drama. He has two films just this year, the thriller Relay , and the heist movie Fuze . But his crowning achievement remains a nearly decade-old Western that is perhaps the best Coen brothers movie that the Coen brothers had nothing to do with . Hell or High Water is a fan-favorite, and it recently witnessed a spike in interest on the domestic iTunes charts , according to FlixPatrol. Part of the reason for its success can be attributed to the sustained popularity of the series Yellowstone , with which it shares writer Taylor Sheridan .
Back when Hell or High Water was released in theaters, Sheridan wasn't the television mo