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Walker

1987 · 95 min

A feverish, blood-soaked historical rampage laced with jarring modern jokes, watching like a hallucination of empire curdling into madness.

Directed by
Alex Cox
Genres
Drama, History, War
Starring
Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois
Tagline
Before Rambo... Before Oliver North...
Overview
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.

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Directed by
Alex Cox
Genres
Drama, History, War
Starring
Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • ambition
  • colonialism
  • corruption
  • madness
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror4
Humour5
Realism5
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, history, war
Directed by
Alex Cox
Written by
Rudy Wurlitzer
Starring
Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Peter Boyle
Music
Joe Strummer
Cinematography
David Bridges
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America, Spain, Mexico
Languages
English, Spanish

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