Review of Tomahawk

Tomahawk (1951)
7/10
Cinematography Western with little inspiration
3 March 2012
This is an adventure Western that looked to be written by storyboard artists.

It has great visuals, and at times, even looks like a group of storyboard sketches pieced together. It makes me think I'm reading a comic book while I'm watching. An entertaining comic book, though.

Van heflin is a great actor, but there isn't much here. The story tries so hard to be a visual, that the drama is missing. There is a story. The cavalry and the local natives try to get along, while one upstart, in this case Alex Nicol, tries to "not get along".

Nicol is a great villain, but the villain is hardly three dimensional, which should make the modern movie goers happy. He's very close to a personification of evil.

It'll keep you interested, especially the guys, since the film has women much more gorgeous than you even see in most films, and there is lots of action. This is a "guy movie", make no mistake.
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