One of the best Western movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

It's a cult classic, even if it's definitely not for the squeamish.

The film stars Kurt Russell (The Hateful Eight), Matthew Fox (Lost), Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) and Richard Jenkins (Burn After Reading) as men of the Old West who embark on a quest to rescue a group of their townsfolk who were abducted by a cannibalistic clan.

Also part of the movie's great cast are David Arquette (Scream), Evan Jonigkeit (The Empty Man), Fred Melamed (A Serious Man), Lili Simmons (Banshee), Michael Paré (Streets of Fire), Sean Young (Blade Runner), Sid Haig (The Devil's Rejects) and Zahn McClarnon (Dark Winds).

Bone Tomahawk was the directorial debut of author S. Craig Zahler, who would go on to make the acclaimed cult thrillers Brawl in Cell Block 99 and Dragged Across Concrete.

Carrying over into cinema his novelistic and rich eye for character and detail, his debut film begins as an exciting and often funny men-on-a-mission Western, before making a sharp turn in the final stretch of the movie into absolutely nerve-shredding horror.

Upon release, the movie received rave reviews from critics, as evidenced by its 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes. That said, the Western's latter section is definitely not for the squeamish.

Bone Tomahawk is airing on TV tonight on Film4 at 11.40pm. It is also available to rent on Apple TV for 99c.

Here are the other movies on TV tonight:

Kingsman: The Secret Service - Film4 - 9pm

Taron Egerton and Colin Firth kick ass in this very fun and violent send-up of Bond flicks.

Beowulf - Sky Sci-Fi - 9pm

Ray Winstone plays a warrior in 507 AD in this fantasy action flick based on the Old English poem of the same name.

Battle: Los Angeles - Legend - 9pm

A Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) leads a platoon of U.S. Marines defending Los Angeles from an alien invasion in this decent sci-fi action flick described as ‘Black Hawk Down meets War of the Worlds’.

Best of the Best / Best of the Best II - Legend Xtra - 9pm / 11pm

A double bill of the martial arts franchise.

Saturday Night Fever - RTÉ2 - 9.20pm

This legendary '70s drama sees John Travolta play a young man who spends his weekends dancing and drinking at a local disco while dealing with social tensions and disillusionment in his working-class neighbourhood in Brooklyn, New York.

Ned Kelly - TG4 - 9.45pm

Mick Jagger is the infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly in this '70s Western.

Angel Has Fallen - E4 - 10pm

The third and latest entry in Gerard Butler’s Has Fallen action film franchise.

Bird - BBC Two - 11pm

This acclaimed 2024 indie drama revolves around a 12-year-old girl (newcomer Nykiya Adams) living in a squat in a rough council estate with her chaotic, drug-dealing young father Bug (an electric Barry Keoghan).

The Inbetweeners 2 - Channel 4 - 11.05pm

The Inbetweeners lads go to Australia in this hit British comedy sequel.

Safe - Legend - 11.15pm

An underrated Jason Statham action thriller, in which he plays a homeless ex-cop who must keep a young genius safe from a group of murderous gangsters.

First Time Female Director - RTÉ One - 11.15pm

Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Chelsea Peretti writes, directs and stars in this comedy, playing a first-time female director.

Slow West - Film4 - 2.20am

This great 2015 Western focuses on a teenage Scotsman named Jay (Oscar-nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog), who travels to the American frontier in search of Rose (Caren Pistorius, Unhinged), the girl he loved back home.

Along the journey, Jay meets Silas (Michael Fassbender, Kneecap), an Irish bounty hunter whom the teen subsequently hires for protection.

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