Equal parts charming, strange, goofy, unpredictable and genuinely horrifying.
Bone Tomahawk
Death comes for all men.
2015 · 2h 13m · Not Rated
Drama, Horror, Western
Directed by
S. Craig Zahler
Overview
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.
Director and cast
- S. Craig Zahler Director
- Kurt Russell as Sheriff Franklin Hunt
- Patrick Wilson as Arthur O'Dwyer
- Richard Jenkins as Chicory
- Matthew Fox as John Brooder
- Lili Simmons as Samantha O'Dwyer
- David Arquette as Purvis
- Fred Melamed as Clarence
- Evan Jonigkeit as Nick
- Sid Haig as Buddy
- Maestro Harrell as Gizzard
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Bone Tomahawk is terrifying and strange, to be sure, but it's the old-fashioned veneer that makes it beautiful.
While the genre jump from John Ford to Eli Roth may be off-putting to some, it raises the stakes on a climax in a way that most Westerns fail to do.
Though its cult-movie desires often show, "Bone Tomahawk" is ultimately sold by its cast, who commit fully to Zahler's discursive indulgences.
A witty fusion of western, horror and comedy that gallops to its own beat.
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