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Hostiles

2017 · 134 min

A somber, brutal frontier journey that weighs heavily, moving slowly through violence and grief toward a fragile, hard-won grace.

Tagline
We are all…
Overview
A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
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  • Amazon Prime Video
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • violence
  • redemption
  • guilt
  • race
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror4
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, western, history, adventure
Directed by
Scott Cooper
Written by
Scott Cooper
Starring
Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Jesse Plemons, Adam Beach, Rory Cochrane, Peter Mullan, Scott Wilson
Music
Max Richter
Cinematography
Masanobu Takayanagi
Runtime
134 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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