# Butcher's Crossing (2023)

> An idealistic college dropout enters the Colorado wilderness with buffalo hunters and discovers that frontier ambition can consume body, mind, and landscape.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/601044

## Facts

- Runtime: 105 min
- Genres: Adventure, Drama, Western
- Director: Gabe Polsky
- Cast: Nicolas Cage, Fred Hechinger, Jeremy Bobb, Paul Raci, Xander Berkeley, Rachel Keller, Amber Rose Mason, Zuzu Weingart
- TMDB rating: 5.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462759/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: bleak, foreboding, harrowing, western movie night, serious film night

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