{"id":41055,"date":"2026-01-26T12:22:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41055"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:22:40","slug":"the-thicket-2024-starring-peter-dinklage-juliette-lewis-esme-creed-miles-levon-hawke-and-leslie-grace-with-gbenga-akinnagbe-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41055","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Thicket&#8221; (2024), starring Peter Dinklage, Juliette Lewis, Esm\u00e9 Creed-Miles, Levon Hawke and Leslie Grace with Gbenga Akinnagbe \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z012626zview_thethicket.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"742\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Thicket <\/strong><\/em>(2024)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director:<strong> Elliott Lester<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Chris Kelley, <\/strong>based on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4rbYkmZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE THICKET<\/a> by <strong>Joe R. Lansdale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Peter Dinklage, Juliette Lewis, Esm\u00e9 Creed-Miles, Levon Hawke, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Ned Dennehy, James Hetfield, Macon Blair, Arliss Howard, Leslie Grace,\u00a0 Ryan Robbins, Teach Grant,\u00a0 Derek Gilroy, Roger LeBlanc <\/strong>and <strong>David Midthunder.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Death comes fast in Texas<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jack, his sister Lula and their grandfather Caleb, are on their way to Caleb&#8217;s 700 acre ranch in Montana.\u00a0 At a ferry crossing they come across the infamous outlaw Cut-Throat Bill and her gang.\u00a0 Caleb is murdered.\u00a0 Jack left for dead and Lula is kidnapped.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jack makes it to the next town.\u00a0 There he sees part-time bounty hunters \/ grave diggers Reginald Jones and Eustace Howard in action.\u00a0 Jones and Howard make an unlikely pair.\u00a0 Jones has dwarfism and Howard is a black man.\u00a0 Jack wants to hire them to help him rescue his sister.\u00a0 Jones and Howard are hesitant to go against Cut-Throat Bill and her gang.\u00a0 When Jack tells them he owns a 700 acre ranch in Montana and offers them land if they take on the job.\u00a0 They agree knowing that success is unlikely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What chance does a young kid, and part-time bounty hunters have against Cut-Throat Bill and her gang?\u00a0 Let&#8217;s find out.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Thicket<\/em> is based on Joe R. Lansdale&#8217;s novel of the same name released by Mulholland Books on September 10, 2013.\u00a0 Making the film was a longtime passion project for Peter Dinklage.\u00a0 Dinklage was first linked to the project in 2014.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Juliette Lewis has never been better.\u00a0 She owns every scene as the frightening and murderous Cut-Throat Bill.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>The Thicket <\/strong><\/em>(2024) rates 4 of 5 stars.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z012626zview_thethicket2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Thicket (2024) Director: Elliott Lester Screenplay: Chris Kelley, based on THE THICKET by Joe R. 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