It’s a typically hard film to stream so seize the opportunity.
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 6 December) is Ravenous, the brilliant Western horror thriller starring Guy Pearce (Memento) and Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting).
Written by Ted Griffin (Ocean’s Eleven) and directed by Antonia Bird (Face), the 1999 film is set in the 19th century and sees Pearce play Captain John Boyd, a scared US soldier sent into exile at Fort Spencer, a remote military outpost high in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
“After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman, F.W. Colghoun (Carlyle), who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide — a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue,” the plot synopsis reads.
“Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify Colghoun’s gruesome claims.”
Co-starring David Arquette, Jeremy Davies and Neal McDonough as the other members of Boyd’s post, we won’t reveal any more about Ravenous’ plot except to say it is loosely inspired by the real-life Donner Party.
While a critical and commercial flop upon release, the 1999 is now seen as an absolute cult classic.
This is thanks to its genre-bending story, its darkly comic script, its gorgeous cinematography, its great performances and its score composed by Blur’s Damon Albarn.
Ravenous is airing on TV tonight on Film4 at 11.05pm. It will also be available to stream after it airs on Channel 4’s website.
Here are the other movies on TV this evening:
Morbius – Film4 – 9pm
Jared Leto stars in this quite bad superhero film.
The Expendables 2 – ITV4 – 9pm
Easily the best entry in the Sylvester Stallone-led action franchise.
GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra – E4 – 9pm
A pretty fun blockbuster based on the famous toy line.
Sabotage – Legend – 9pm
Arnold Schwarzenegger leads a crack team of drug enforcement agents who start getting picked off one by one after stealing a lot of money in this action thriller JOE previously called “absolutely disgusting”.
Bad Santa 2 – Sky Max – 11pm
Billy Bob Thornton returns in this raunchy Christmas comedy sequel.
Rush – BBC Two – 11.05pm
Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl star in this excellent retelling of the extreme rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda, two of the best ever Formula One racers.
Trespass – Legend – 11.10pm
The severely overlooked ’90s action film we’ve recommended before.
