At first glance,Bone Tomahawkdoesn’t seem much different from any other Western.
However,Bone Tomahawk’sviolenceis what sets it apart from the rest.
Bone Tomahawk’selement of surprise is a genuine gift for the Western genre.
The key toBone Tomahawk’ssuccessis the way it unexpectedly blends horror into the stereotypical Western.
What is even better is the fact thatBone Tomahawkisn’t shocking just for the sake of it.
Yet,Bone Tomahawkis not one of those movies.
The violence is definitely awful, but it is integral to the story.
It is the payoff that the movie has been building towards since the very beginning.
Bone Tomahawk is a Western film that follows Sheriff Franklin Hunt, who gathers together a group of fighters to save three kidnapped victims from a clan of cannibals. After the town’s doctor is kidnapped along with two others, forcing the sheriff to partner with the town’s Native American professor and find the tribe before it’s too late.
