Hostiles (2017)

In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.

Director:

Scott Cooper

Writers:

Scott Cooper (written for the screen by), Donald E. Stewart (based on the manuscript by)

Stars:

Scott Shepherd, Rosamund Pike, Ava Cooper

4 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Scott Shepherd	...	Wesley Quaid
Rosamund Pike	...	Rosalee Quaid
Ava Cooper	...	Lucy Quaid
Stella Cooper	...	Sylvie Quaid
David Midthunder	...	Buffalo Man
Gray Wolf Herrera	...	Apache Man (as Graywolf Herrera)
Christian Bale	...	Capt. Joseph J. Blocker
Rory Cochrane	...	Master Sgt. Thomas Metz
Jonathan Majors	...	Corp. Henry Woodson
John Benjamin Hickey	...	Capt. Royce Tolan
Stafford Douglas	...	Corp. Molinor
Stephen Lang	...	Col. Abraham Biggs
Bill Camp	...	Jeremiah Wilks
Wes Studi	...	Chief Yellow Hawk
Jesse Plemons	...	Lt. Rudy Kidder

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?

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Plot Keywords:

hostile tribe | new mexico | montana | u.s. cavalry | american indian | 

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Taglines:

We are all... Hostiles.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Cheyenne

Release Date:

26 January 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hostis

Filming Locations:

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$39,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$22,849, 24 December 2017, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$29,819,114

Company Credits

Production Co:

Grisbi Productions, Le,Waypoint Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

134 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1 Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rosamund Pike revealed in an interview that she and Christian Bale barely spoke during filming outside of shooting their scenes, saying that Bale "would keep a distance. Our characters in 'Hostiles' are quite dysfunctional, but have this profound connection that we let happen without ever really talking about it."

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Goofs

The reporter takes a photo of the soldiers and natives before they leave the fort, He uses flash powder during the exposure but this would have had no practical effect against the bright New Mexico sunshine.

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Quotes

Rosalie Quaid: Sometimes I envy the finality of death. The certainty. And I have to drive those thoughts away when I'm weak.

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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Screenings: Maze Runner: The Death Cure/Hostiles (2018)

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Soundtracks

How Shall a Sparrow Fly
Performed by Ryan Bingham
Courtesy of Axster Bingham Records, LLC

User Reviews

Harrowing

Forget the talk of the film being slow, this isn't an action film or an old school shoot 'em up western, anyone looking for that should search elsewhere. Whilst there some great action scenes, where hostiles excels is in setting the tone for an early American world where law and order rest of gun power. The cinematography is exceptional, meanwhile Christian Bale is superb playing a army captain who is seemingly tough and unflinching but shows an undertone of melancholy, Rosamunde Pike pulls of a great performance as a woman thrust into the ugly world of war and anarchy by a brutal attack on her family home, a scene is exceptional and unapologetically shocking. Overall the film is about the futility of trying to civilise a wild land built on violence, and about the tragedy and the sheer pointlessness of conflict against fellow man.