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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonBone Tomahawk is a proper Western, a proper horror movie, and by combining the two, becomes something else entirely, and proves hugely enjoyable for it.
- 80VarietyGuy LodgeVarietyGuy LodgeBone Tomahawk may seem over-indulgent at 132 minutes, yet it’s the wayward digressions of Zahler’s script — navigated with palpable enjoyment by an expert, Kurt Russell-led ensemble — that are most treasurable in a film that commits wholeheartedly to its own curiosity value.
- 78Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovBone Tomahawk is not your typical Western retread, to be sure. If someone had told me that it was adapted from one of Joe R. Lansdale’s genre-hopping horror stories I would have believed it. Kudos then to director Zahler, who on his very first film, buries that g--damn tomahawk deep in the audience’s memory.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThough the film stretches out long enough to impress us with the difficulty of their journey, the four actors ensure that the two hours or so we spend in their company aren't dull.
- 70Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganA cult item par excellence, Bone Tomahawk does for the Western what Gareth Edwards did for Monsters. Long, slow and low-budget, Bone Tomahawk is also disturbingly tense, hyper-violent, and destined to attract an adoring fanboy following.
- 70Village VoiceChris PackhamVillage VoiceChris PackhamBone Tomahawk is an odd duck, a bowlegged western with slasher influences, a penchant for lengthy conversational meanderings, and a genuine interest in character.
- 67The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifeS. Craig Zahler’s horror-Western hybrid Bone Tomahawk is a strange movie, one that might take more than one watch to fully understand. Not that it’s deliberately obscure, or has a plot too complicated to follow the first time around. It’s actually a pretty straightforward film, albeit one filled with eccentric choices.
- 63Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenOne wishes that S. Craig Zahler had more explicitly faced the cultural demons lingering within his premise, attempting to exorcise them.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger Moore“Bone” is an unflinchingly-violent and stupidly long genre mashup. It’s Tarantino without all the anachronisms and swearing.