Bone Tomahawk Movie Review

Movie Analysis & Review

Bone Tomahawk, released on 23 October 2015, is an Western, Horror, Drama film (Released) with a runtime of 133 minutes. Produced by Caliber Media Company, The Fyzz, Realmbuilders Productions, Twilight Riders, The Jokers Films, Platinum Platypus, Taurus Film in France, United States of America. Directed by S. Craig Zahler, the movie features performances by Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, Lili Simmons, David Arquette, Fred Melamed, Evan Jonigkeit. The film had a budget of $1.8 million and grossed $0.5 million.
Plot Summary: 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.

Cast and Crew

Cast: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, Lili Simmons, David Arquette, Fred Melamed, Evan Jonigkeit
Crew: S. Craig Zahler (Director), Benji Bakshi (Director of Photography), S. Craig Zahler (Writer), Matthew Maisto (Casting), Scott Fort (Executive Producer), Joseph Gabay (Associate Producer), Jeff Herriott (Original Music Composer), Fred Raskin (Editor)
Director: S. Craig Zahler

Overview of Bone Tomahawk

Release Date: 2015-10-23
Runtime: 133 min
Genres: Western, Horror, Drama
Status: Released
Budget: $1,800,000
Revenue: $475,846
Production: Caliber Media Company, The Fyzz, Realmbuilders Productions, Twilight Riders, The Jokers Films, Platinum Platypus, Taurus Film
Countries: France, United States of America
Certification (IN): N/A
OTT Providers: N/A
Keywords: rescue, sheriff, prisoner, ambush, poison, redemption, wilderness, gore, tribe, native american, rifle, murder, decapitation, drifter, scalping, cannibal, captive, cynical, posse, neo-western, civil war veteran, burial ground, cave dwellers, horror western, disdainful, sardonic, brutal violence
External: IMDB

Story & Plot

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.

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Reviews

John Chard: It's sure to be a bone of contention…

Written and directed by S. Craig Zahler, Bone Tomahawk stars Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins and Lili Simmons. Music is by Zahler and Jeff Herriott and cinematography by Benji Bakshi.

Ah, yes, the horror western hybrid, a most …

Reno: > Meet the most savage people of the American native.

This was one of the three western films I've watched back to back recently. The other two were 'The Salvation' and 'The Homesman'. They all were totally different from each other and I enjoyed them a lot. I did not know what this title means, …

Wuchak: _**Slow-burn Indie Western with a quality cast builds to a potent climax**_

In the 1890s, four men in the Southwest — a sheriff (Kurt Russell), his aged deputy (Richard Jenkins), a gunslinger (Matthew Fox) and a wounded cowboy foreman (Patrick Wilson) — set out to bring back captives kidnapped …

inspectors71: Fugly.

There were so many things to dislike, hate, and/or projectile-vomit from this ghastly horror that I am a little embarrassed about how I couldn't wait to grab some alone time to watch Bone Tomahawk. This is a gorge-suppressingly awful movie that is too long, more tedious than suspenseful…

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