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Hostiles

  • 2017
  • R
  • 2h 14m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
101K
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Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, and Wes Studi in Hostiles (2017)
In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
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In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.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
    • Donald E. Stewart
  • Stars
    • Scott Shepherd
    • Rosamund Pike
    • Ava Cooper
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    101K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,927
    322
    • Director
      • Scott Cooper
    • Writers
      • Scott Cooper
      • Donald E. Stewart
    • Stars
      • Scott Shepherd
      • Rosamund Pike
      • Ava Cooper
    • 565User reviews
    • 196Critic reviews
    • 65Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Scott Shepherd
    Scott Shepherd
    • Wesley Quaid
    Rosamund Pike
    Rosamund Pike
    • Rosalee Quaid
    Ava Cooper
    • Lucy Quaid
    Stella Cooper
    • Sylvie Quaid
    David Midthunder
    David Midthunder
    • Buffalo Man
    Gray Wolf Herrera
    Gray Wolf Herrera
    • Apache Man
    • (as Graywolf Herrera)
    Christian Bale
    Christian Bale
    • Capt. Joseph J. Blocker
    Rory Cochrane
    Rory Cochrane
    • Master Sgt. Thomas Metz
    Jonathan Majors
    Jonathan Majors
    • Corp. Henry Woodson
    John Benjamin Hickey
    John Benjamin Hickey
    • Capt. Royce Tolan
    Stafford Douglas
    Stafford Douglas
    • Corp. Molinor
    Stephen Lang
    Stephen Lang
    • Col. Abraham Biggs
    Bill Camp
    Bill Camp
    • Jeremiah Wilks
    Wes Studi
    Wes Studi
    • Chief Yellow Hawk
    Jesse Plemons
    Jesse Plemons
    • Lt. Rudy Kidder
    Timothée Chalamet
    Timothée Chalamet
    • Pvt. Philippe DeJardin
    • (as Timothee Chalamet)
    Adam Beach
    Adam Beach
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    Xavier Horsechief
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    • Director
      • Scott Cooper
    • Writers
      • Scott Cooper
      • Donald E. Stewart
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    User reviews565

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    9bencaandrew

    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.
    9Top_Dawg_Critic

    An all-around outstanding film with heart and substance

    I'm disappointed at the low score and wannabe critics tearing this film apart politically, morally and historically.

    This is not your typical Hollywood production, but instead, a very touching and beautiful film.

    This is Scott Cooper's 4th film he both directed and wrote, and he nailed it. I hope to see much more from him in this caliber, and he is the one to watch as his resume grows.

    This film was near perfect in every category. If the pace was a little faster and/or perhaps the 134 min length a little shorter, it would have been a perfect 10/10 from me.

    It's been a while since I've seen a film so perfectly cast - all cast, ever single one of them, and they all performed just as great, especially Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike, who both were exceptional in their roles.

    If you're expecting a wild west action Western, this isn't it. But if you want to see a near perfect film the way they used to be made, this is a gem. Ignore the negative reviews and just watch it. Would I see it again? Yes. Would I recommend it? Absolutely.

    A well deserved 9/10 from me and mad props to Scott Cooper for this beautiful gem of a film.
    8kenstallings-65346

    A riveting story

    Many reviewing Hostiles have chosen to seize upon avenues to criticize the film. Most common is the unfortunate chronological error where the Presidential order directing the mission was signed by Benjamin Harrison. This places the story in the period of 1889 to 1893, years too late to make sense.

    Such a mistake is lamentable. The time period of the story would have ideally taken place from 1879 to 1880, when Rutherford Hayes was President, and the United States had largely defeated hostile tribes in the southwest and northern plains, but would be before the establishment of the railroad lines in New Mexico. This would have necessitated the pack mule excursion to Montana. It also would have allowed sufficient time to pass, given the references to Wounded Knee (1873) and Little Big Horn (1876), for the bitter memories to start to recede and allow the reflections shown in the movie to take place.

    However, a fair review of this movie must avoid getting bogged down in historical minutia and instead focus on the story, because it is very poignant.

    In many ways, this movie is to be congratulated for avoiding the modern day political traps that permeate so much of entertainment today.

    The opening scene is brutal and forms the core of the story. A band of renegades attack a settlement home and leave a gash of misery in their wake. But, that is the coda of what the protagonists deal with, past chapters of great violence in a collision of hostile cultures.

    The isolated acts of violence that happen later are as much a cleaning up of past deeds and a completion of the catharsis of reconciliation.

    This movie is an immersion into the psyche of those who carry out acts of wartime violence, in a fight for survival, and how they try to retain their sanity and civility. As the story shows, some handle it better than others. None escape without deep scars.

    There is a second theme that runs throughout the movie, ignorant people at the beginning and the end, attempting to lodge their persuasion onto the protagonists. None of these men suffered the wartime violence, but instead try to insert an empty moralizing, or attempt to enact their selfish will despite the clear Presidential mandate to allow the mission to proceed.

    The reporter at the start of the film is silenced through humiliation. The second group at the end of the film meets a more lasting end. And at the end, we are left with shared misery among the few survivors, who try to bravely go on with what is left good to cling to.

    Christian Bale is masterful in this movie. It is sad that his performance was not properly recognized.

    Ultimately, this is a story of redemption, and in that regard it mirrors what took place over generations in America. A clash of survival ending with one side defeated, while both sides had to reconcile the shared experience of brutality. It avoids political finger-pointing, and in that regard strikes the proper degree of respect for both sides in this American struggle. It is a welcome addition to Hollywood's collection of period movies.
    0U

    Great

    Christian Bale is absolutely tremendous, delivering a quietly intense performance in this brutal revisionist Western that carefully (yet incisively) examines the consequences of a merciless cycle of hatred that only dehumanizes people and turns them into beasts and monsters.
    8kluseba

    About finding rays of hope in sickening darkness

    Hostiles is a quite interesting western that convinces with stunning landscapes, intriguing characters and strong acting performances. The movie has a quite slow pace, so don't expect a vivid American or Italian western from the fifties and sixties. This movie is a drama above all, situated in a historically intriguing period between the American Civil War and the emergency of the Industrial Revolution.

    The story revolves around Captain Joseph Blocker, who has lost many friends and brothers in arms in battles against Apaches and who openly despises them. He tracks them down pitilessly and tells himself that he is doing his duty while people around him start becoming depressed and disillusioned. One day, a colonel gives him a final order before his retirement,direct from the President. Joseph Blocker must escort a dying Cheyenne Chief, his personal arch enemy, as well as his family back to their tribal lands as a sign of reconciliation with the First Nations. The captain, who has always obeyed orders, is about to refuse but is menaced and forced to cooperate. He gathers a few faithful brothers in arms and must also cooperate with some inexperienced rookies around him to go on this dangerous trip. On the way from New Mexico to Montana, the unusual group faces numerous challenges as they face difficult weather conditions, a hostile Comanche party and racist landowners among others. They are joined by numerous other intriguing characters such as a mentally unstable woman who has lost her entire family to the Apaches and a former brother in arms of the captain who is about to be hanged. However, their biggest challenge is to fight their inner demons and overcome their differences in order to survive in hostile territory.

    The movie finds the right balance between violent sequences that focus on the witnesses' reactions rather than graphic elements and clever dialogues between the diversified cast of characters. The most fascinating character is Captain Joseph Blocker, who seems to be a pitiless racist at first sight but who turns out to be a man with a strong moral compass who goes through a coming-of-age on this fateful journey and ends up not only forgiving the Indians for killing his partners but even empathizing and sympathizing with them, ending up defending them beyond duty. His positive development exemplifies the difficult relationship between European settlers and America's First Nations and is ultimately a sign of forgiveness, hope and peace. This positive moral contrasts the quite sinsiter mood of the film with an elevated body count and sensitive topics such as depression, revenge and suicide as many characters shatter under the burden of the challenging order.

    Hostiles is a film that needs some patience and time to unfold but ends up being particularly rewarding thanks to the strong moral behind the sinister mask. Christian Bale, one of the world's greatest actors, even delivers the best performance of his career as tough anti-hero with just as many flaws as strengths. Above all, Hostiles is a film that is profoundly human, in all its sickening darkness interrupted by some rays of light. The perfect ending exemplifies this mixture perfectly. Western and drama fans should experience this film at the cinema and fans of Christian Bale just can't get around this movie either. Hollywood should produce more westerns and less superhero movies.

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    • Trivia
      The widow of credited screenwriter Donald E. Stewart found the "Hostiles" script when moving houses. Stewart, who died in 1999, had not shipped the manuscript to any studios, and his wife was surprised to come across it. After seeing Crazy Heart (2009) and Out of the Furnace (2013), she felt that Scott Cooper was the right man to shepherd it towards the screen.
    • Goofs
      There is a single African-American soldier, Corporal Henry Woodson, in an otherwise White cavalry regiment. The only Black cavalrymen in the regular army were in the 9th and 10th regiments, where only the officers were White.
    • Quotes

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

    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Failed Oscar Bait Movies of 2017 (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
      Music & Lyrics by William Williams

      Performed by Jonathan Majors

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    • Release date
      • January 26, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Cheyenne
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Hostiles: Violencia americana
    • Filming locations
      • Angel Fire, New Mexico, USA(exterior scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Le Grisbi Productions
      • Waypoint Entertainment
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    • Budget
      • $39,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $29,819,114
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $22,849
      • Dec 24, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $35,669,017
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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