Buffronioc One of the wrost movies I have ever seen

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

dakjets This is a very successful western movie. In addition to having all the elements that should be in place in such genre film, the film also deals with personal choices and personal development. Can enemies develop friendship? Can hatred become love? This movie has many layers, which makes you drag into the action. The gallery is deep and complex. This is primarily Christian Bales film. His portrayal and interpretation of the captain who must do tasks far beyond the concubine are both touching and moving. I've seen many movies with him and I think this is one of his strongest achievements ever. The rest of the actors are strong too, and together they form a winning and credible collection of characters that lifts this movie for something extra. It deserves a big crowd and you do not have to be a big fan of the western genre, to like this movie.

cordell100 I don't rate movies, but had to considering how good this movie was and the complicated issues involved. Amazing movie!

rusoviet .....it slowly morphed into a meandering mess. The acting was decent all around but the seepage of 'pc' grew . A self-awareness is good for anyone esp. those who dealt in combat as a constant threat as these characters did but what didn't ring very true was the time period 1892 - New Mexico Territory. There were railroads that went straight up to Fort Collins-CO and the reference to Fort Pearce was across the Green River in Utah Territory close to St. George - no where near to a trek to MT esp. having to cross the Green River.The violence was warranted but it was constant but the most foolish stunt was the final violent scene with the father and his 3 sons - all four racists at least per the father's remarks. Reminded me of that colossal mess 'Dances With Wolves' although not as agenda driven as that sloppy film was.The west was settled by 1892. Had the setting been 1868 or 1876 yeah credible, it wasn't.

kenstallings-65346 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.