Wild Horse Nine: Martin McDonagh’s odd-couple CIA drama is really a love story
The Conversation · 4 Nov 2026

Wild Horse Nine: Martin McDonagh’s odd-couple CIA drama is really a love story

“Is this a joke?” asks a young Chilean woman early in Martin McDonagh’s new film, Wild Horse Nine. She is trying to grasp something said to her by another character; just as easily, however, she could be wondering exactly what kind of film she is in. For Wild Horse Nine itself is tonally unstable, mixing farcical events with historical drama and comic wordplay with an affecting portrait of male friendship.


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