Gritty and extremely brutal

Rating: 8/10 (4 October 2017)

If you ever want to get a true feel of how dirty, painful, and utterly ruthless slaves were treated in the Wild West days, this is the movie to watch. The actors are brilliant and I can only imagine the internal difficulties they must have faced to portray the people of such limitless cruelty. Some of the scenes made me physically unwell in their grotesquely detailed situations and close-ups. The story is engaging. Amid the cruelty, the story is balancing on the glimmer of hope for the people struggling to survive, keeping the suspense throughout the film.