Review of Hostiles (2017) by Jexes23 — 17 Sep 2018
Just ordered this one after seeing it on Netflix. Hell of a film in my opinion. I enjoyed the overall balance and tone of the film.
It’s gritty, and violent, but not to insane extremes or excessively so IMO. It avoids the American patriots vs. the savages of old Westerns, and also avoids the Americans are evil and the Natives are just peaceful hippies who are kind to everyone like in that inane borefest Dances with Wolves. This film shows that there were hard and violent men capable of great and terrible things on both sides. This not only makes the story authentic and historically accurate, but it also makes it more of a film about humanity and I think it has an appeal that transcends the Western genre. The lanscapes and cinemetography were beautiful and I think people who don’t usually watch Westerns could enjoy this film. One of the best Westerns ever IMO and one of the top movies of 2017 along with Dunkirk and BR 2049.
This review of Hostiles (2017) was written by Jexes23 on 17 September 2018.
Hostiles has generally received positive reviews.
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