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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.
Dec 27, 2017 · The setting and subject matter certainly give the film a realistic impression, but is Hostiles a true story? The movie is fictional, and is not based on a specific true story.
- Johnny Brayson
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.
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.
- Steven Weintraub
- Editor-In-Chief
Dec 22, 2017 · Grave and somber, Scott Cooper’s “Hostiles” opens with a scene that recalls John Ford’s “The Searchers.” In 1892 New Mexico, a family of homesteaders—mom, dad, three kids—are going about their business when Comanche warriors thunder toward their ranch.
Apr 24, 2018 · If you’re not familiar with the film, Hostiles takes place in 1892 and stars Christian Bale as a legendary Army Captain who reluctantly agrees to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief (Wes Studi) and...
