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Bone Tomahawk
“Death comes for all men.”
20156.92h 13m
Overview
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.
Directed by S. Craig Zahler
Written by S. Craig Zahler
Produced by Jack Heller, Dallas Sonnier
Box OfficeBudget: $1.8MRevenue: $476K
Top Cast
Kurt Russell
Sheriff Franklin Hunt
Patrick Wilson
Arthur O'Dwyer
Richard Jenkins
Chicory
Matthew Fox
John Brooder
Lili Simmons
Samantha O'Dwyer
David Arquette
Purvis
Fred Melamed
Clarence
Evan Jonigkeit
Nick
Sid Haig
Buddy
Maestro Harrell
Gizzard
Themes & Keywords
rescuesheriffprisonerambushpoisonredemptionwildernessgoretribenative americanriflemurderdecapitationdrifterscalpingcannibalcaptivecynicalposseneo-westerncivil war veteranburial groundcave dwellershorror westerndisdainfulsardonicbrutal violence
About Bone Tomahawk
Bone Tomahawk is a western, horror, drama film released in 2015 exploring themes of rescue, sheriff, prisoner, ambush, poison, redemption. Directed by S. Craig Zahler, it stars Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins. During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.
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