Sunday, October 4, 2015

'Bone Tomahawk' Trailer: Check Out Kurt Russell In A Cannibal Revenge Western


While I was less than enthused with Eli Roth’s latest addition to the cannibal movie sweepstakes, The Green Inferno, there’s another on the way that I’m rather psyched to see. Bone Tomahawk is a very different take on the subject matter, trading in do-gooders being devoured by a jungle tribe for the trappings of a grim revenge western. The movie recently premiered at Fantastic Fest and now a new trailer has hit the airwaves.


With a great cast fronted by Kurt Russell sporting awesome facial hair, this looks like a gritty, bleak throwback style western, with horror elements thrown in for good measure. That’s a combination I can certainly get behind. There’s a bit of a Searchers vibe here, and from what we see, it’s likely going to be problematic in many of the same ways that film is (not to mention a similar portrayal of indigenous peoples as savages in The Green Inferno). We’ll have to wait and see on that front.

Here’s the synopsis:
A stranger (David Arquette) rolls into the tiny Western town of Bright Hope, immediately drawing the suspicions of the backup deputy Chicory (Richard Jenkins). He alerts the town’s sheriff, Franklin Hunt (Kurt Russell) and in an ensuing scuffle, the stranger is wounded and put in jail. Summoned to tend to the wounded man is the beautiful Samantha O’Dwyer (Lili Simmons), whose successful working-class husband Arthur (Patrick Wilson) is laid out at home with a broken leg.
Sometime in the night, a local stable boy is torn to pieces, horses are stolen and Samantha and the stranger disappear. The only clue left behind is a rather peculiar looking arrow, a weapon their local Indian expert identifies as belonging to tribe of cannibalistic troglodytes. Having no alternative but to face these cave-dwelling abominations, Sheriff Hunt, Chicory, Arthur O’Dwyer and the dashing, highly educated gentleman John Brooder (Matthew Fox) head out on a rescue mission.
Bone Tomahawk gets a limited release, as well as a VOD unveiling on October 23.


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