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Feb 19, 2018 · While the film’s characters and mission are fictional, the story is steeped in a true, troubled history. Familiarity with this background is helpful for understanding the complex relationships between the main characters, and the fraught, real-life history they represent.
Plot. In the New Mexico Territory in 1892, settler Rosalee Quaid and her family are attacked by a Comanche war group who kill her husband and three children. Rosalee escapes by hiding under a rock outcrop.
Sep 3, 2017 · “ Hostiles,” a sturdy and characteristically brutal new Western from “Black Mass” director Scott Cooper, begins with somebody shooting a baby — that’s not a spoiler, just a warning. The year is...
Dec 27, 2017 · The story of Hostiles may be fictional, but thanks to its on-location filming and authentic casting, the movie paints a somewhat realistic picture of life during the days of American Frontier.
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Mar 28, 2018 · Hostiles is a deeply felt story, peopled by soldiers, American Indians and civilians who express their feelings with utmost caution. Despite the familiar premise and the flow of the story, the people who populate it are happily unfamiliar.
Dec 22, 2017 · As for its politics, in making the story primarily about one (white) man’s redemption, “Hostiles” falls back on a well-worn if still potent dramatic trope while saying virtually nothing about the genocide committed against Native Americans.
Dec 24, 2017 · Christian Bale talks about making Scott Cooper's 'Hostiles', the benefits of shooting chronologically, the brutal violence of the era, and more.
