Hostiles
2017
***
Director: Scott Cooper
Cast: Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Ben Foster, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, Adam Beach, Q'orianka Kilcher, Jonathan Majors, Timothée Chalamet
In 1892, a seasoned U.S. Army Captain is ordered to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief and his family back to their tribal lands in Montana. The journey forces the Captain to confront his deep-seated prejudices and personal trauma. Scott Cooper's revisionist Western is like Green Book on horseback, albeit with a much higher death toll. It portrays the West as a brutal and unforgiving landscape, but offers a disappointingly 21st century view to racism, colonialism, and morality. The male cast members compete for the gruffest mumbling voice.
