Review of Bone Tomahawk (2015) by Jeanduchamp — 05 Dec 2015

Honestly, I didn't understand why the movie's rating is so shamelessly high. For me, it looks like some sort of conspiracy. Maybe there is something in it, just something. Some rare bits of merit: some professionalism displayed in costumes, makeup, even in camerawork sometimes. Nor an inspiration, neither an ingenuity, just some professionalism. Maybe the casting is not so bad, maybe even acting isn't so awful, maybe the general idea is also rather promising. But...

But somehow it happened that what we have in the issue is a complete fail. Why? It's inconsistent, improbable, childish, naive, impostrous and silly. To mention only this mythical cruel voracious homicidal highly dangerous and destructive tribe which in reality hardly could survive at all, at least for more than a couple of weeks if its members behaved in a way they are doing in this movie. Whatever their aims are, it seems, they are always choosing the most idiotic way to achieve them as possible. When they are geekishly jumping from the bushes on point blank gun shooting - what we supposed to presume in such moments? That they were hiding and waiting there for a long long time just to do... this? Why? Are they so hungry? They don't look emaciated however and maybe it worth for them to try something else besides humans? Just for a change... Seriously, this and other peculiarities prevent the movie from being taking seriously but not make it enough stupid for all that, they just don't reach the hilarious level of stupidity.