Have you guys seen Dragged Across Concrete (by the dir. of Bone Tomahawk) yet? It's recently out on Amazon and Jay recommended it

After seeing Bone Tomahawk, I’m split down the middle about it.

For me it's not as strong as Bone or Brawl, but I enjoyed it and was engaged from beginning to end of it's 2:40 run time.

Vaughn is doing something a little different, Mel is engaged and contemptuous throughout, a sick man doing something bad hoping something good will come of it. Michael Jai White pretty much disappears into the fabric of the movie. Kittles goes a bit one-dimensional 2/3rds into the film due to writing, but recovers by film end. Jennifer Carpenter's mini-story is a weird, blazing heart beating in the center of the carnage.

The explosions of brutal violence, as per usual since Bone, are excellently planned and executed.

I went back and watched Brawl last night, and plan to watch Bone again soon.

I'll always watch Zahler's films on day one. He's a master, and I'm interested in the stories he has to tell.

I was going to make a thread about it last night but chickened out. Loved it though, the title aptly describes the pace of the movie but I don't think any of the running time's wasted, it pays off. I'm about to watch it again actually.

Vaughn has a bit of Madsen-chic in it I think. I hope Zahler keeps using him in future projects.

Loved it. Think it's Zahlers best work yet. That bizarre interlude with the banker lady and her baby might be the most unnecessarily cruel and mean spirited thing I've ever seen in a movie. It was glorious.

Yeah, I liked it. It's a straightforward heist-goes-wrong crime thriller but with great writing and stomach churning violence that you've come to expect from Zahler. I've come to really like him as a writer and director; his films are entertaining because there is no irony. Not to point out other filmmakers, but when some of them make a B movie/exploitation film, they are constantly winking at the audience, almost like they are embarrassed to stand behind their own material. He's working the same ground as Tarantino, making pulpy genre pictures but with style. What's nice is that he takes his work seriously, just because he's making an exploitation film doesn't mean he neglects character arcs, motivations, or ignoring dialogue scenes.

If I have one general criticism, which applies to all of his movies, is that they could stand to lose 10-15 minutes. Which is also Tarantino's problem now that I think of it.

Anyway, this is my ranking for his films: Dragged>Bone>Brawl

Watched it yesterday, I found it entertaining enough. It didn't feel as long as it was so I think that's a good compliment considering it's 2 hours 40 minutes long. It kept me engaged and I enjoyed the practical effects especially the part when the women get's her hand and face blown apart. You don't get too many films that are horrifically realistic these days. When a bullet hits a persons head it's tends to look really horrible.

I finished watching it just now and searched for any mention of it here. I loved it, just like I loved 99 and Bone. Definitely recommend it.

That line of dialogue sounds forced, hope it played better in the movie.

Bone Tomahawk was great, I have a copy of Cell Block but haven't watched it yet, so will watch that on Dragged Across Concrete as a double feature maybe.

Damn didnt know it was online. I like Bone Tomahawk, thought Brawl in Cell Block 99 was even better, so am looking forward to this.

Watched last night, really liked it! Mel Gibson is a star, he made the movie for me. Was not as good as Bone Tomahawk, but was still a very good movie. (Have not seen Cell Block yet)

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Well that was some date movie! I don't watch trailers and only read the first line of a synopsis...

The first 15 minutes had me ready to switch it off. Way too much of that bitter-white-guy-bitching-cuz-they-can't-treat-minorities-like-shit-since-civil-rights type editorializing. Like that new Clint Eastwood film. Annoying as fuck.

But Concrete shut that off and became a pretty sweet movie. It was like the elegant skeleton of a true crime film. Nothing seemed shot for the sake of cinematography. Bare bones script replete with genuinely interesting verbal tics. Sporadic but brutal violence. It's an excellent film.

I loved Tomahawk and enjoyed Cell Block 88. Tomahawk was probably the best of the three, followed by Concrete, IMHO. Director has some serious racial comments to make, seems like, looking at these films together. Be interesting to see how that plays out going forward.

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Man I had to shut it off after like 20 minutes because the dialogue and acting was so horrible. I want sure if it was supposed to be like that for some reason, but if so, I didn't get it. I thought the lighting was really cool, but knowing that I was in for almost a 3 hour run time, and cringing literally every time a character opened their mouth, I was done.

I genuinely enjoyed bone tomahawk, though it had the same cringe dialogue, it worked because it was a period piece. Super disappointed by this.

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