The Timber (2015)
2/10
Disjunctive and lacking meaning
4 November 2016
Warning: Spoilers
In many ways I found this similar Christopher Smith's "Black Death". A good setting but a confusing finished film (and not in a positive Kafkaesque sense!). This may have been driven by a limited budget, but poor editing is also a likely factor.

Realism was lacking with little/no explanation for the behaviour of key characters. Everyone seems hostile to the two brothers, but without due reason. The enemies were just "baddies" (all straight up mad or bad with no depth of character) making the whole film unbelievable.

The edit (not aided by the dream sequences) made it feel like a set of 10 minute clips stuck together.

I like a good western... but this is one to skip over.
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