Hostiles (2017)

Release date: 2018-01-26
Country: USA
Language: English|Cheyenne|French
Director: Scott Cooper
Production Co: Grisbi Productions, Le, Waypoint Entertainment
Genre: Drama, Western
Rating: 7.2/10
Length: 2h 14min

Storyline

In 1892, after nearly two decades of fighting the Cheyenne, the Apache, and the Comanche natives, the United States Cavalry Captain and war hero, Joseph Blocker, is ordered to escort the ailing Cheyenne chief, Yellow Hawk--his most despised enemy--to his ancestral home in Montana's Valley of the Bears. Nauseated with a baleful anger, Joseph's unwelcome final assignment in the feral American landscape is further complicated, when the widowed settler, Rosalie Quaid, is taken in by the band of soldiers, as aggressive packs of marauding Comanches who are still on the warpath, are thirsty for blood. In a territory crawling with hostiles, can the seasoned Captain do his duty one last time?

Plot Keywords

native american, comanche indian, landscape, u.s. cavalry, montana, order, assignment, repeating rifle, gunfight, reconciliation, forgiveness, native american chief, 19th century, bigotry, tribe, chief, new mexico territory, murder, girl, train

Short Review

The journey is beautifully shot by cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi, but Bale's genius is wasted-he's often resigned to looking sullen and straining to recite the clunky dialogue.