2018-04-24

Hostiles

Hostiles
Hostiles is 2017 American Western film written and directed by Scott Cooper about the world of American soldiers, white settlers, American Indians and the world that surrounded them all in 1892.

IMDB users mysteriously scored this movie at 7.3/10, that is below a great many other ones such as 'Shutter Island', 'The Sixth Sense' or 'The Wolf of Wall Street'. In my opinion it should have been placed at least next to 'Dances with Wolves' (8/10) which it reminded me most. I intensively enjoyed it, just as well, and can recommend it wholeheartedly.

The entire cast is wonderful and the acting of Christian Bale crowns it:
❝[C.Bale] can say so much non-verbally with one look or one glance that many other actors can’t do with dialogue.]❞
―Scott Cooper

This is a strong movie with a strong story riddled with intenses moments, one that is fictional but also harshly realist in depicting the brutal world of 1892. I found the humanity aspect to have been exquisitely rendered and that is definitely what I will take from that movie.

Since the man responsible for the screenplay, the production and the direction is the same, I'd say that Scott Cooper has gotten a promising career ahead of him.
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