Bone Tomahawk

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Patton Oswald was tweeting about this film at the weekend, a western/cannibal film, so i decided to watch it. A bit gruesome in parts !! but a very enjoyable film. Stars Kurt Russell and Lili Simmons :p (from Banshee). Well worth a watch IMO imdb link

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I thought it was an average enough movie considering its rating on IMDb.
It felt a little flat. I think if this script was in the hands of a more ambitious director it could of have been a cult classic.

I won't remember much about this flick in the future bar that one exceptionally gruesome scene. Mother of God.

Dr. Mantis Toboggan

It's a bit overrated. I liked it, but if it didn't have the quality cast it would just be an average b movie horror.

It is a bit gruesome in parts, not for the squeamish.

duckysauce

Watched it and thought it was terrible, where it got it's ratings from RTs and Imdb is beyond me . I love westerns and horrors but this was just crap .

TerrorFirmer

Just watched this last night and thought it was a superb film. Great performances, unflinchingly gruesome in parts, and excellently shot.

That one scene was horrifying.

pinksoir

Watched this tonight and found it absolutely excellent. Didn't recognise Richard Jenkins at all, thought it might have been Jim Broadbent at times.

Starts slow paced but transforms gradually up until the suspenseful final third. Some real palpable menace there, an almost horror-western, yet restrained when it needs to be. But yeah... that scene! Great performances by all the mains - Jenkins in particular shines (per usual) and contributes some welcome comic relief. 8/10 for me.

s8n

pinksoir wrote: »

Watched this tonight and found it absolutely excellent. Didn't recognise Richard Jenkins at all, thought it might have been Jim Broadbent at times.

Starts slow paced but transforms gradually up until the suspenseful final third. Some real palpable menace there, an almost horror-western, yet restrained when it needs to be. But yeah... that scene! Great performances by all the mains - Jenkins in particular shines (per usual) and contributes some welcome comic relief. 8/10 for me.

Completely agree. Loved it. Great performances by the 4 main cast members and loved the bonkers 3rd act.

Hank Scorpio

Thought it was meh overall, no real charisma between the characters and a poor ending.

Skerries

audiences are split

Ally Dick

I thought it was DIRE. Too much focus on them travelling to the location. I thought the ending was poor as well. The screenplay was good before they travelled to the camp, but got very clumpy as the film went on

Arne_Saknussem

Saw this over the weekend having heard literally nothing about it beforehand. Thoroughly enjoyed it for what it was, a good debut and a decent way to pass a couple of hours.

The song playing over the end credits being the icing on the cake!

Arsemageddon

Don't know why there are so many good reviews. It was an OK film, but nothing memorable and a bit too long with some unnecessary scenes.

Richard Jenkins and Kurt Russell were both excellent.

6/10

Agricola

Also thought the pacing was poor. Felt very plodding in places, which is apt since that's exactly what a lot of time was spent on watching the characters do. That scene felt sort of out of whack with the rest of it, definite case of crowbarring in something for shock value and talking point kudos. Maybe I've seen too many old school westerns.......

Kurt Russell was excellent though. He should grow out that face hair and be a sheriff in a film every year. He was born for that role.

Strumms

This one really has people divided. I very much enjoyed to the point where i couldnt really fault it especially considering the fact it was the directorial debut. I starts off as an interesting western that gradually draws you in amd morphs into a very good and grusome in parts horror western. Excellent performances by all the actors. Wouldnt mind a rewatch down the line.

Mickeroo

Gave this a watch this evening and really enjoyed it. Had expected more of a straight up western so wasn't really prepared for the gruesomeness on show. That one scene in particular really made my skin crawl more than anything I've seen in a while.

I agree with the poster above that it would have benefited from a more ambitious director but I thought the excellent cast really elevated it and the script was pretty good to begin with, Richard Jenkins' character was my favourite thing in it.

claiva

I saw this at the weekend and really enjoyed it. I was amazed that the budget was only 1.8 million dollars, it certainly did not have the feel of a low budget movie.
Some excellent performances, especially from Kurt Russell and Richard Jenkins. Even Matthew Fox turned in a great performance.
Fantastic premise for a movie and the setting was very atmospheric.
I believe it only took 21 days to film as well.
Possibly 15 minutes too long, the middle part was a big dragged out, but made sense in fairness to set up the tension for the final act.
Highly recommend if you like Western Pictures.

charlie_says

I liked this. Brutal.

I'm not much of a Western fan so they need something else for me, this has a really solid horror aspect to it which made it work for me.

razorblunt

I caught this on Netflix yesterday, I'd heard great things and it didn't let me down.
I thought Richard Jenkins stole the show to be honest, he was fantastic.

It was the first time in a while that the tension really got to me, I could feel my stomach tighten.

razorblunt

pinksoir wrote: »

Watched this tonight and found it absolutely excellent. Didn't recognise Richard Jenkins at all, thought it might have been Jim Broadbent at times.

Starts slow paced but transforms gradually up until the suspenseful final third. Some real palpable menace there, an almost horror-western, yet restrained when it needs to be. But yeah... that scene! Great performances by all the mains - Jenkins in particular shines (per usual) and contributes some welcome comic relief. 8/10 for me.

Interesting point, from reading up on IMDB Trivia afterwards he was actually cast in the role originally.

AOH77A

Watched it a while back and thought it was excellent. Really enjoyed the dialogue and the whole look of the film.
Kurt Russell was great as the sheriff and it was funny how he liked to shoot people in the foot before arresting them.
Russell plays every role like he is in a western. To name a few, Escape from New York & Big touuble in little China.

Spon Farmer

A great story and great performances but not remotely scary or even creepy - not as hide behind your hands gruesome as I had been told it was. I have no idea why Netflix have tagged it as a horror film.

It is a superb western just not a horror movie.

razorblunt

Spon Farmer wrote: »

A great story and great performances but not remotely scary or even creepy - not as hide behind your hands gruesome as I had been told it was. I have no idea why Netflix have tagged it as a horror film.

It is a superb western just not a horror movie.

Probably just for THAT scene!

Spon Farmer

razorblunt wrote: »

Probably just for THAT scene!

I guess that depends on what we each class as horror.

The scene is shocking but not scary. The film itself was fairly light hearted and upbeat even when they hit the troglodyte territory.

What surprised me the most was the lack of blood. Would hacking person up have the place splattered in blood?

McGrath5

Caught this on Netflix a few months back, enjoyed it overall, and yes that one particular scene is awfully gruesome.