Bone Tomahawk [DVD] [2016]

Well worth watching but the pacing may put some off - not your typical Western. And the ending is pretty grim. Still, definitely give it a go with that in mind.

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As a big western watcher, this sounded appealing, however it was bizarre to say the least. It was slow and clunky at times. some parts of the plot were completely pointless.However, it was fascinating enough to watch to the end.You have never seen anything like this before and I doubt you will again. still I gave it a 4 out of 5.

I like westerns, and found this one very strange for a western, it was a gift for myself.

real good

This is a strange film lasting over two hours to tell a simple story but I rather liked it. There are lots of holes in the plot, there are times it is obviously filmed on a low budget and the end feels a bit contrived but I really enjoyed it. There has been a murder and two people abducted in a small western town including the wife of Arthur O'Dwyer (Patrick Wilson) and a small posse rides out to get them back led by Sherriff Franklin Hunt (Kurt Russell).The characters in the posse start off as caricatures with the duty bound sheriff, the grieving husband, the old timer deputy and the flash gunslinger. However lot of the film sets up their characters giving them motivation and manages to avoid obvious clichés to the point when they reach the final designation you really care about them.This is a horror western and an old school one without CGI which in some ways makes it more brutal. It does not feel gratuitous though in the context of the film. However when they finally find the missing wife Samantha (Lili Simmons) she does look far too fragrant and made up after being captive by savages for at least 3 days!I really enjoyed this film, it is easy to pick holes in the plot but you forgive it due to the time invested in the characters.

Bone Tomahawk is a film that I had only heard of due to it's reputation. It's known for being an intense gory film. Being a western too, I really had to check this film out. What I found was that Bone Tomahawk isn't quite what people made it out to be.The film was released in 2015, was written and directed by S. Craig Zahler. It features a pretty entertaining cast including Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson and Matthew Fox. The plot of the movie is fairly basic and easy to follow. A quiet little western town suffers a series of murders and kidnappings at the hands of some terrifying cannibals. Kurt Russell and company take it upon themselves to retrieve those who were kidnapped.Those looking for a terrifying splatter movie as advertised might be a little disappointed. The vast majority of Bone Tomahawk is the development of characters on their journey and very little action or horror. By that, I mean it's kind of uneventful and slow. On the bright side, the dialogue is very well done. I found that each of the four main characters brought a lot of personality to their given roles with the interaction between them on their journey is more than entertaining. The film does pick up on the last quarter or so and this is where its reputation comes from. This portion of the film is highly entertaining and it IS as gory as people make it out to be. But it's not the meat of the story.As a film, the Bone Tomahawk features some beautiful set pieces and shines as a technical achievement. The environments the characters traverse looks beautifully golden and brown. It's all very natural looking. These colours all pop out of the screen with the high quality image on the bluray. It's a very clear and extremely sharp disc. It makes for a fantastic viewing in terms of visual quality.Bone Tomahawk is (in my opinion) a very good movie. It's by no means perfect and has a reputation that suggests it's something that it is not. It's a good solid western with some good characters and a few but well deserved scares.