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The Night They Came Home

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The Night They Came Home

R

Released Jan 12, 2024

1h 45m

Western

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Inspired by true events, The Night They Came Home chronicles the ruthless exploits of the Rufus Buck Gang, a group of outlaws who clashed with the Indian Territory of Middle America at the tail end of the 19th century. The combined force of local lawmen and Indian police aim to take down a coldhearted band of fugitives with vengeance on their minds.

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JK Sooja

Common Sense Media

In other words, it's literally a modern retelling of 1915's Birth of a Nation, a film that inaugurated the depiction of Black men as criminal, violent, and sexually deviant, but without meaning to be.

Mar 11, 2024

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Everything about this shoddily made Western reeks of amateurish filmmaking. It's also a terrible depiction of a half-Black/half-Native American gang on a racist rampage against white people, with horribly acted scenes pretending to be historically true.

Feb 2, 2024

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Joel Copling

Spectrum Culture

A Western captured with dimension-deprived scope that suggests little thought was put into or budget aimed toward the sort of visual language we usually attribute to the genre.

Jan 17, 2024

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Ruben Peralta Rigaud

Cocalecas

With it's stellar cast, agile direction and a story based on real events, the film presents itself as a cinematographic journey set for the lovers of westerns and film in general. [Full review in Spanish]

Jan 16, 2024

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Debbie

Charlie Townsend was incredible!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/19/24

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Dustin K

Great premise for the story and the acting was spot on for the main characters

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/25/24

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Heath L

Don't waste your time, you won't get it back

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/08/24

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Wim C

Very bad. The title is wrong. It looks like it's shot in in a children's theme park. Doesn't feel good at all. Waste of time

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/03/24

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Jerod S

This Oklahoma western had a cool premise with the Rufus Buck gang...and the writing almost did it, but the acting was baaaad.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/24

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Shawn O

Tim Abell carries this well directed western as Deputy US Marshal Heck Thomas, delivering his best performance yet as a kick mass, no nonsense lawman. Newcomer Charlie Townsend sells it soundly as outlaw Rufus Buck and it was good to get a cameo from Robert Carradine(The Long Riders). Production value was excellent and director Paul G. Volk told an interesting story based on true events, with style and inventiveness. A great adventure, with solid good guys, and despicable bad guys. Well worth a look!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/24

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Paul G. Volk

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Brian Austin Green

Chuck Palmer

Charlie Townsend

Rufus Buck

Robert Carradine

Bart

Danny Trejo

Digger

Tim Abell

Heck Thomas

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Synopsis

Inspired by true events, The Night They Came Home chronicles the ruthless exploits of the Rufus Buck Gang, a group of outlaws who clashed with the Indian Territory of Middle America at the tail end of the 19th century. The combined force of local lawmen and Indian police aim to take down a coldhearted band of fugitives with vengeance on their minds.

Director: Paul G. Volk
Producer: Ryan D. Adams, Patrick Durham, Larry Layfield, John A. Russo
Screenwriter: James O'Brien, John A. Russo
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Four Horsemen Films, Spiral Cabin Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 12, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 12, 2024
Runtime: 1h 45m

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