The Two-Way 'Sherlock' Star Benedict Cumberbatch Saves Cyclist From Muggers But it's more like a tightly wound psychological thriller that just happens to play out on an epic canvas, and it's full of secrets and surprises that it's slow to reveal. The movie, which Campion adapted from a 1967 novel by Thomas Savage, looks a lot like a Western, full of somber gray skies and craggy vistas that are magnificently shot by the cinematographer Ari Wegner. He's also a sadist, a fascinatingly conflicted monster, and one of the scariest characters you're likely to meet this year. Phil seems at one with the land and all its living creatures, whether he's riding a horse, leading a cattle drive or bathing in a muddy river. It stars a superb Benedict Cumberbatch as a 1920s Montana rancher named Phil Burbank who's the very picture of rugged American masculinity. Her tense and gripping new movie, The Power of the Dog, thus marks something of a departure. The great New Zealand writer-director Jane Campion has long been acclaimed for her films about the complex inner lives of women, notably in 19th-century dramas like The Portrait of a Lady, Bright Star and especially The Piano. Benedict Cumberbatch is the picture of rugged American masculinity in The Power of the Dog.
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