Valley of Bones (2017)

Valley of Bones: Directed by Dan Glaser. With Autumn Reeser, Rhys Coiro, Steven Molony, Mason Mahay. A disgraced paleontologist struggling to raise her son is tipped off to a groundbreaking dig site in the Badlands by a recovering meth addict, but his tie to the cartel threatens to bury them both under the weight of their criminal pasts.

“Filmed in Bowman, Amidon, and the surrounding N-Dakota Badlands. This film will engage any fan of westerns and film noir, and it is much higher quality then itu0026#39;s low budget would suggest.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat I liked: *Locations are well shot and gorgeous(this local guy might be a bit bias) *Story is captivating and well constructed. *Characters motivations build naturally throughout the film. *Cinematography, the framing is very effective considering the budget.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat could be better: *A few scenes seem too dark for the time of day. *The shallow depth of field can be distracting for one or two scenes. *The tension from the snake feels like it went a little long to be realistic. *Occasionally the dialog is a bit rough, like it could of used one more script review to make it sound like natural conversation.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all while it has some issues inherent of low budget film making, the story and cinematography is solid and kept me on the edge of my seat. It is rated R so expect occasional roustabout levels of colorful language, and there is one scene in a u0026quot;seedyu0026quot; bar that does have a topless dancer in the background.”