All you need is the right catalyst of motivated vengeance and a good filmmaker guides the tumbleweeds, spurs, bullets, and trigger-happy tempers to take it from there.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 4, 2023

Thanks to its cast, In a Valley of Violence gives audiences an entertaining revenge thriller set in the Old West, which showcases Ti West's restraint and subtlety.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 12, 2023

West and company (wisely) never take their movie too seriously. Even when it’s moving by the numbers, it remains quirky enough to feel slightly off-center.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 22, 2022

In a Valley of Violence earns a lot of goodwill as a result of its performers. Hawke, in particular, brings his later career gravitas to his role.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 9, 2022

Entertaining enough, it's on par with a meal where you know you ate, it stemmed your hunger, but you have trouble remembering exactly what was on the plate.

| Original Score: C+ | Jul 2, 2020

A real rootin' tootin' western but with a Ti West twist!

| Oct 31, 2019

IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE isn't as invested in the actual gunslinging violence as it is in the dialogue leading up to the confrontations. Don't be mistaken, while West's work lets the tension build the pay-off here is worthwhile.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 10, 2018

A corn-fed, all-American, organically certified Western.

| Original Score: C+ | Nov 5, 2018

The mix of humor and horror shouldn't surprise those who have followed the director, but it's exciting to see West work so hard to upend any expectations audiences may have of him.

| Nov 1, 2018

While it certainly doesn't break any new ground in the genre its spur-laden boots are treading, it's still a fun little throwback of showdowns on dirt roads between grizzled men out for vengeance.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 1, 2018

Not West's best film (that honor would still go to The House of the Devil), but it is a noble effort into non-genre territory that is probably his most accessible film to date

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 31, 2018

The action-packed yet hopelessly uninvolving climax ultimately confirms In a Valley of Violence's place as a disappointingly half-baked misfire...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 30, 2018

If you've seen a western, you know this story. What you haven't seen, is it told in as viciously entertaining a way as this in quite some time.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 25, 2018

It isn't quite as deep or clever as West's past efforts, but as a no-frills approximation of bottom-of-the-card-on-a-triple-bill drive-in fare goes, it does the trick.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 28, 2018

The plot itself is fairly straightforward, which makes the just over 2 hour film feel longer than it actually is.

| Aug 28, 2018

West shows the film industry and fans alike what is possible when stereotypes become broken and one challenges himself creatively.

| Aug 6, 2018

There's a streak of darkly funny absurdity running through the film as well, not least in the climactic in-the-street showdown, which finds John Travolta's wooden-leg-toting marshal caught awkwardly in the middle when the bullets start to fly.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 19, 2017

Typical western with some shrill women.

| Original Score: B | Nov 12, 2017

In a Valley of Violence may ultimately present an unflattering view of humanity, but West bracingly restores the compassion that even Tarantino himself seems to have let slip through his grasp in his own recent Westerns.

| Mar 20, 2017

It seems that West's quirkiness involves no point at all, other than to create a familiar setting, throw a bunch of idiots together, and watch them act out their violent tendencies to somewhat predictable ends.

| Mar 15, 2017