2023 · adventure · drama · western
Butcher's Crossing
Directed by Gabe Polsky1h 45m2023
In the 1870s, a young Harvard dropout seeks his destiny out West by tying his fate to a team of buffalo hunters led by a man named Miller. Together, they embark on a harrowing journey risking life and sanity.
Our read: Butcher's Crossing (2023) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded adventure · drama · western entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured adventure / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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