Review of Bone Tomahawk (2015) by Dirigiblepulp — 12 Jul 2017
Pretty cool neo-spaghetti flavored western. I hesitate to say horror - though it is quite gory at times - because it is firmly within the confines of the western genre and it's tropes.
It's a character driven adventure ride with a nasty shootout looming (and more) and for a genre exercise actually takes its time and enjoys the ride. It's a bit sub-Tarantino in that regard, especially with what it thinks is cute characterizations and dialogue (sometimes good, sometimes ok). But these are really good actors working with fleshed out and interesting characters and it knows when to unleash the catharsis. You actually care about these guys and the violence hurts. And it's wrapped in a genre package so it's not taken overly seriously, there's some good humor to be had too.
I'm looking forward to more from S Craig Zahler.
This review of Bone Tomahawk (2015) was written by Dirigiblepulp on 12 Jul 2017.
Bone Tomahawk has generally received positive reviews.
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