An innocent young man, Jack, goes on an epic quest to rescue his sister Lula after she has been kidnapped by the violent killer Cut Throat Bill and her gang. To save her, Jack enlists the help of a crafty bounty hunter named Reginald Jones, a grave-digging alcoholic son of an ex-slave, and a street-smart prostitute. The gang tracks Cut Throat Bill into the deadly no-man’s land known as The Big Thicket — a place where blood and chaos reign.
Acting
Dinklage finally gets a lead role worthy of his range.
Production
The Thicket itself — claustrophobic, wet, inescapable.
Costume
Juliette Lewis looks like she ate a coyote and kept the pelt.
Director
Elliott Lester
Peter Dinklage
Reginald Jones
Juliette Lewis
Cut Throat Bill
Levon Hawke
Jack
Leslie Grace
Jimmie Sue
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Eustace
Esmé Creed-Miles
Lula
Andrew Schulz
Hector
Macon Blair
Malachi Deasy
Arliss Howard
Rev. Ephron Karlsson
James Hetfield
Simon Deasy
Ryan Robbins
Bailey Mayfield
Ned Dennehy
Baldy
David Midthunder
Black Mouth
Sophia Fabris
Little Girl
Guy Sprung
Caleb Parker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Joe R. Lansdale's novel — same twisted mind behind 'Bubba Ho-Tep' and 'Cold in July.' Explains the swamp energy.
The Big Thicket was real: a 19th-century Texas hideout so dense that outlaws literally vanished. The film shot in Alberta because Canada's cheaper than authenticity.
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