On Bone Tomahawk

There are some things you can never forget. The last 10 minutes of western horror Bone Tomahawk will be one of them. Like many westerns it follows a familiar narrative path, building slowly with the hint of threat before exploding in a final showdown. And like many of the best westerns Bone Tomahawk explores the relationship between savagery and civilisation, whilst neatly sidestepping the stereotype of feral Indians. This is a skilfully directed, yet simple narrative, building the fear with little on screen and developing the emotional attachment to the four men before the shocking yet cathartic ending. It is not to be missed. Bone Tomahawk also gives Kurt Russell a good reason for growing his facial hair in such fashion as it, and he, was wasted in the inflated The Hateful Eight (2015).