Buckskin

Right, well I was lured in to watching the 2021 movie "Buckskin" from the movie's cover/poster, as it definitely had something interesting appeal. And it seemed like this could be a western with a very different approach to the genre.

So of course I sat down to watch the movie, despite never ever having heard about it prior to getting to sit down and watch it.

Well, writer and director Brett Bentman definitely did deliver an unorthodox Western here with the movie "Buckskin". Just a shame that it wasn't a change in the Western genre that was for the better. Nay, while "Buckskin" does differ from the archetypical blueprint you see lots of Western movie follow, then it wasn't a wholehearted movie.

The storyline told here was just too mundane and didn't really have enough contents to it to support a feature length movie. Sure, there were aspects to the storyline that were interesting enough, but they just were washed away amidst all the mediocrity and slow pacing of the rest of the movie.

I must admit that I was expecting a bit more action, gun fights and the typical stuff you see in Western movies. But no, that was not what writer and director Brett Bentman had in mind for "Buckskin". Instead we get to follow a tracker venture into these apparently forbidden forest in search for some people. Yeah, and that was essentially the heart of the story. It was so incredibly boring and slow paced to watch that one character mill about in a light forest that definitely had no foreboding or ominous feel to it.

Now, I am not familiar with lead actor Tom Zembrod (playing Wesley Porter), but he actually did an okay job with his performance, despite of having virtually nothing to work with in terms of a properly entertaining or interesting script.

I had hoped that "Buckskin" would prove to be a different Western movie, which it also actually was, but not in the good way, sadly so.

While I managed to sit through the entire ordeal, and yes "Buckskin" was an ordeal, then I can't claim that I was particularly entertained nor enjoying the movie all that much.

If you enjoy a good Western movie, don't waste your time, money or effort on the 2021 movie "Buckskin" from writer and director Brett Bentman.

My rating of "Buckskin" lands on a rather generous three out of ten stars.

Really couldn't follow it! Seems the editing is all out of whack! One minute he is walking through the woods, the next it's months later and he's bloodied? Lost the plot .. didn't get to halfway.

The raves for this film are way out of proportion!!

I think those who we're involved and had some skin in this film went a little too obviously overboard in reviews.. yes it's an Indi and i get it it, low budget etc but I watched the whole thing and have to agree that it just was not very good.

Acting was sub par and yes the young boy appeared to be reading his lines wth forced emotion... the worst kind that u cannot ignore while watching and it just constantly reminds you that this is a sub par low budget movie..

Watched this film tonight, the script and filming were alright but the setting was more town park than wilderness, some of the acting (not all) was amateurish and dreadful...... Maybe lack of proper funding can explain some of the faults, it is no "Bone Tomahawk" or."Revenant" and not even in the same universe of such great, modern, classic westerns as "Dances with Wolves", "Open Range", or the "Unforgiven".

It reminded me more of an episode of some tv western series from the 60's or 70's in its production values than a film.

Saying that I still watched it to the end and the end did surprise me ......

Terrible, really. The acting is atrocious in the most part, especially the boy, who reads his lines like its a school play. The plot is less than rudimentary and virtually anyone could write something better. The most laughable part are the two 'natives', one of which looks like he'd be more at home on an Aussie beach than prancing around in warpaint. Since I laughed in disbelief (rather similar to seeing 'Amy' the gorilla the first time in 'Congo') i gave this movie a very generous 2 stars.

I can't think of a single thing that made the experience worthwhile. Just give it a miss.