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Western
History
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A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
Directors
Christian Bale
Captain Joseph J. Blocker
Rosamund Pike
Rosalee Quaid
Wes Studi
Chief Yellow Hawk
Jesse Plemons
Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
Adam Beach
Black Hawk
Rory Cochrane
Master Sergeant Thomas Metz
Peter Mullan
Lieutenant Colonel Ross McCowan
Scott Wilson
Cyrus Lounde
Paul Anderson
Corporal Tommy Thomas
Timothée Chalamet
Private Philippe DeJardin
Ben Foster
Philip Wills
Jonathan Majors
Corporal Henry Woodson
John Benjamin Hickey
Captain Royce Tolan
Q'orianka Kilcher
Elk Woman
Tanaya Beatty
Living Woman
Bill Camp
Jeremiah Wilks
Scott Shepherd
Wesley Quaid
Ryan Bingham
Sergeant Paul Malloy
Directors
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Review
Featured review
RELEASED IN LATE 2017 and written & directed by Scott Cooper, “Hostiles” is a Western starring Christian Bale as a renowned Army captain who grudgingly agrees to escort a dying hated chief (Wes Studi) & his family from New Mexico to Cheyenne lands in Montana in 1892. Rosamund Pike plays a grieving settler that the detail picks up on the way. Rory Cochrane plays Sgt. Metz and Jonathan Majors Corp. Woodsen.
While the flick starts great and the Western "road movie" plot is full of potential, some elements are too contrived/unlikely (e.g. the whole fur trapper episode) or wannabe heavy (e.g. Sgt. Metz' apology in the rain) and the film just wallows in unrelenting glumness. Still, there is some good in it and you’ll discern a glimmer here or there. It's just that after the excellent set-up, I thought I was in for a great Western, but it wasn't to be. The script needed serious rewriting.
THE MOVIE RUNS 2 hours & 14 minutes and was shot in New Mexico/Arizona/Colorado. ADDITIONAL WRITER: Donald E. Stewart.
GRADE: C/C- (4.5/10)
Wuchak05 Mar, 2018
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