Bury ‘Em Deep 2025 (Wild Dogs Productions / Millman Productions) Review

Michael Fredianelli returns to the western genre for the 4th time in his 60th feature film. What can I say, guy has a love for the filth and grime of the western age. Bury ‘Em Deep stars Robert Bronzi, who plays Link Maddock. Link is a fitting name for the character, as Robert Bronzi feels like a video game protagonist of few words. He wonders around as he meets a cast of eccentric people who often monologue to fill the silence on his journey. He doesn’t have much dialogue, and his Hungarian accent does make some of his delivery hard to understand.  I recommend watching this one with closed captions.

A man of few words.

The supporting cast is solid as well. Rosanna Wyant delivers a fine performance as Sister Marie, who wants to help Link Maddock on the right path and convinces him to help save the orphanage. Her voice reaching out to him when ever Link might take another life. (Although her voice doesn’t always come in as Link Maddock still takes people out though out the film). Michael Pare plays a hard boiled Sheriff, and his performance is a bit hammy but fits the film. Gabriella Goldstein delivers one of the standout performances as Japser Jennie, where you can tell she is having a blast with the role.

The film is backed up by some solid editing, often cutting back to some flashbacks to flesh out the story. The opening title sequence has some nice sound design and gets you in that western vibe with some nice music. There are some cool set designs as well. There is a scene that is inspired by Buried, where Link finds himself buried in a casket in a creepy graveyard. The finale shootout takes place in a big pumpkin patch where you get multiple shots of pumpkin carnage. There is also a use of a pit to which makes for a pretty good scene with a trapper.

Not the crowd you would want to run into.

The plot follows Link as he wonders on his path of redemption. Most of the fun comes from the odd characters and encounters along the way. There might be a few to many characters, as they all don’t have the screen time to be fully fleshed out. But they don’t overstay their welcome and the film runs at a compact runtime of an hour and a half. The third act ends with a traditional Wild Dogs shoot out, and it was cool to see all these characters collide.

Despite the limited budget, Michael Fredienalli and team do pretty well with what they got. There are some ambitious fire effects used at the start that mostly work and some of the dialogue sound is a bit rough. (Mostly with Robert Broniz for some reason). Some of the night scenes can be hard to see in the dark. But overall, these flaws are small and can be overlooked if you are in the mood for some solid western flair.