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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