With Reservation Dogs ushering a golden epoch of Oklahoma-derived entertainment, the small towns of this beloved state are now giving us rural folklore in a death-metal etude with Tenkiller, a sleep-drenched shot of cowboy cocaine in a feed-store ballcap.
Taking place near the defeated Lake Tenkiller in Eastern Oklahoma, this M.I.O. straight-to-Amazon flick is basically about a pair of brothers trying to navigate their trashy surroundings and depressing life in rural Oklahoma.
Leon is an 18-year-old who works in a nameless machine shop, trying to cope with the death of his best friend, while Beck, a middle school kid stuck in the Oklahoma education system, serves as his loyal companion.