Hostiles
Directed by Scott CooperA 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.
- Charles London5 February 2025The age of the western peaked many years ago but Hostiles is a fairly solid entry into the genre. It's not a perfect film. It spends much of its capital early with some very intense scenes, not the least of which is an opening that is guaranteed to grab your attention. If there's a problem, it's that the last half of the movie doesn't quite equal its promising beginning. The cinematography however is excellent throughout and Rosamund Pike gives an award-worthy performance. The story here is about a war-weary cavalry captain and an adversarial Cheyenne chief coming to terms with each other's past transgressions at the tail end of the American Indian Wars. I could nitpick the script, perhaps there was more death than needed to drive home the filmmakers' point and maybe it was just a tad drawn out, but in the end I liked Hostiles albeit just not quite as much as I thought I would after the drama of the opening scene.
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Hostiles was released on 22 December 2017.
Hostiles was directed by Scott Cooper.
Hostiles has a runtime of 2h 14m.
Hostiles was produced by John Lesher, Scott Cooper, Ken Kao.
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.
The key characters in Hostiles are Captain Joseph J. Blocker (Christian Bale), Rosalee Quaid (Rosamund Pike), Chief Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi).
Hostiles is rated 15.
Hostiles is a Drama, Western, History film.
Hostiles has an audience rating of 7.7 out of 10.
Hostiles had a budget of US$55M.
Hostiles has made US$37M at the box office.