Review of Hostiles (2017) by Cokronakan — 28 Feb 2019

This movie is a slow paced emotion roller coaster with a really strong message which apparently was not clear enough for most people because this movie is too under rated. It really had that feel of the raw wild west and was not exaggerated to better fit the silver screen.

The events of the plot are kept simple but brutally realistic and filled with raw emotion and consequences. The acting was really amazing, especially with Christian Bale's solid but soft under performance of Joe.

The writing was simple enough but still held value and emotions. The music helped the immersion, and was really not exaggerated on the over the top action scenes. But the scenes where still "heavy".

The directing style was great amazingly executed as well, with on point cinematography. There is to much humanity in this movie to ignore the artistic value hidden in this movie and the deep message of life and solidarity/empathy.

The visuals and the sights where this movie was shot was a real jaw drop for most of the audience, with pixel perfect practical effects. The pacing was a little slow at the end, but it can be argued that that is due to the immersion creating and tension full scenes if we have the patience with the unfolding of the plot.

Overall it's an amazing movie which in my humble opinion deserved a lot more from the critics, because they oversaw the real/raw artistic value in this movie. But I did this from general audience. Still.

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