‘The Thicket’ Review: Blood, Violence and Little Else in This Bleak Western

The search never ends for ways to make old genres like cowboy movies look fresh and different.  To this purpose, there is a shoot-em-up called The Thicket. No cowboys here, but it’s still a Western, with plenty of shooting. Call it a nouveau western, which means more psychology than action, and fewer saddle horses than arty rock formations.