Bone Tomahawk

Bone Tomahawk is a 2015 American independent western cannibal horror film written and directed by S. Craig Zahler. It stars Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, Lili Simmons, Evan Jonigkeit, David Arquette, and Sid Haig and was produced by Jack Heller and Dallas Sonnier.

Plot
In the 1890s Old West, a sheriff (Kurt Russell), his deputy (Richard Jenkins), a gunslinger (Matthew Fox), and a cowboy (Patrick Wilson) embark on a mission to rescue three people from a savage group of cave dwellers.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The idea of a horror film in the western era is a pretty good idea for a horror film.
 * 2) Kurt Russell gave amazing performances as Sheriff Franklin Hunt.
 * 3) The cinematography is amazing, as it makes you feel like you're watching an early 1970s western film.
 * 4) Despite being a horror film, the film has some really funny moments.
 * 5) The Cannibals are very scary, and convincing villains, they are cannibalistic Indian savages who live in a cave, after killing a stable boy and kidnapping people from Bright Hope.
 * 6) Well-done directing by S. Craig Zahler, which is his directorial debut.
 * 7) It has a good premise of saving the three people from cannibals in the western era.
 * 8) The setting of the 1890s Old Western era, including the costumes, are very amazing and well accurate.
 * 9) Sheriff Franklin Hunt is likable, and the most memorable character in the independent film.
 * 10) It has very scary, and gruesome scenes, where Cannibals rips off a human upside down in half, which is the most gruesome, and disturbing scene in the entire film. Not only that, there are some scenes where Cannibals roars, which is very scary as well.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The pacing is very slow, which is inexcusable for a horror film, due to the fact that the film being 133 minutes long.

Reception
The film was well-received by critics and audiences and at festivals for its acting (particularly for Kurt Russell, Richard Jenkins and Matthew Fox), grittiness, Zahler's direction, and the dialogue of his screenplay. Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 91% of critics gave the film a "Certified Fresh" rating, based on 93 reviews with an average score of 7.2/10, with the site's consensus stating, "Bone Tomahawk's peculiar genre blend won't be for everyone, but its gripping performances and a slow-burning story should satisfy those in search of something different." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 72/100 based on 17 reviews from mainstream critics, considered to be "generally favorable reviews".

Trivia

 * Matthew Fox has said that he enjoyed making this movie more than any other film, and always wanted to be in a western.
 * The cave set in the last act of the movie was the same cave set used in the first Iron Man movie where Tony Stark is held captive and constructs the first Iron Man suit.
 * The film was shot in only 21 days, which is the shortest shot.
 * In 2007, just eight years before the film was released, S. Craig Zahler wrote the script.

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