HOSTILES (2017) Video Reviews
Setting out through dangerous territory...
Fresh from 2015's gangster film
Black Mass, director Scott Cooper ("Crazy Heart," "Out of the Furnace")
has turned to another venerable American genre, the western, for Hostiles, the
raw and compelling tale of an embittered and battle-hardened US Cavalry officer
ordered to accompany a Cheyenne war chief and his family back to their tribal
lands in Montana. The flinty-eyed Captain Blocker (Christian Bale) has seen
more than his fair share of violence and bloodletting on the frontier, but this
mission, which he is forced to accept, is a particularly bitter pill to
swallow: Chief Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi) has been his mortal enemy for years due
to a conflict that killed many of Blocker's friends. The Chief has also lost
friends in the conflict.
Setting out through dangerous territory, much of it inhabited by hostile
tribes, the small band of soldiers and Cheyenne navigate the beautiful prairies
and wilds of the west, while facing a series of challenges. Blocker — much like
John Wayne's character in the John Ford classic The Searchers — is a racist, a
man who harbours a deep hatred towards the former prisoners now placed in his
care. As the challenges mount, Blocker is forced to confront his own bigotry
while carrying out his orders. To complicate matters, the ragged party is
joined by a stricken widow (Rosamund Pike) who has just seen her family
massacred in a raid.
Release date:
December 22, 2017 (wide January 26, 2018)
Studio:
Entertainment Studios
Director:
Scott Cooper
MPAA Rating:
R (for strong violence, and language)
Starring:
Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Jesse Plemons, Ben Foster, Adam
Beach
Genre:
drama, western
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