Bone Tomahawk casting news

So I know some people find it hard to get excited about independent films, but after I heard who's in this movie and what its about, I got excited immediately.

Bone Tomahawk comes from writer/director S. Craig Zahler. This is his first at directing after having been the cinematographer on a few other films. The film is a western about four men who attempt to rescue a group of captives who have been kidnapped by cannibals.

As if that story couldn't sound better, the main cast consists of some of my favourite actors. Matthew Fox, Patrick Wilson (both pictured above), Kurt Russell and Richard Jenkins will play the men. This seems to be a perfect storm of story and casting.

I personally am a huge fan of Westerns, so I think this will be an amazing film. What do you guys think about this casting? Let us know in the comments or on Facebook.

Originally on Variety

World War Z

This movie is not for the hardcore fanatic of zombie pop culture. It was made for a mainstream audience who might be interested in seeing what this whole zombie thing is about. It's probably best to stick with The Walking Dead if you are a fan.

The plot revolves around Gerry (Brad Pitt), a former United Nations investigator, who, at the behest of his former colleagues, is sent around the world in search of something that will stop the zombies (not necessarily a cure). He leaves his family on an aircraft carrier and flies off around the world, encountering many people along the way. Gerry goes to South Korea, Israel and Wales in search of something to help.

This movie was very intense and chaotic and the setting was unsettling. This came from the fact that normally zombie films and TV take place in a contained environment, such as a shopping centre or prison, but here it was global. The scenes where hordes of the undead are swarming were intense and at times I didn't quite know what was going on.

The fact that the majority of the movie is chaotic makes the ending all the harder to watch. The final 40 minutes returns to a climax that would fit well in any other zombie film. It is the classic stalking of the hallways trying to reach the ultimate goal, but due to the intensity of the first part of the film, it just seems distracting. Maybe this is due to another writer coming in and rewriting the entire ending of the film. Apparently, it was supposed to end with another climactic battle, which would have kept up with the pacing of the entire film.

The cast of this movie is very chaotic as well. Brad Pitt and his family are the only constant. Except we don't see his family all too often, which is good because is wife Karin (Mireille Enos) is one of the most annoying movie characters ever. Matthew Fox (Lost) is supposedly in this film, and quite prominently billed, but I did not see him once, so that's a waste of some cash.

Verdict: Max Brooks' novel did have potential, but it was poorly executed and even though it takes place on a global scale, the world feels kind of empty but not in a I Am Legend way.