Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- David Bax @ Battleship Pretension
- Excerpt: It’s harder to stomach than any dramatized massacre.
- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A western that depicts the miracle of turning away from a life of violence, hatred, and anger.
- Andrea Chase @ KillerMovieReviews.com
- Excerpt: HOSTILES is so embroiled in its sophisticated philosophical wrestling that if fails to create a compelling plot.
- Matt Donato @ Flickering Myth
- Excerpt: Hostiles proclaims itself a transformative frontier expedition that cultivates tension, aims true and ties relations from 2018’s simmering anger to 1890’s same two-sides mentality.
- James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
- Charlie Juhl @ Citizen Charlie
- Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper
- Excerpt: In the end there are two messages. One is a message of hope and one a message of despair. Attitudes can be changed, but there are many more attitudes out there that need changing.
- Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: Hostiles’ has all the pieces in place, but it leaves audiences wondering why they should care about this latest grim western tale full of grim western trappings.
- Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
- Excerpt: But while the plot’s ham-fisted nature prevents us from caring about anyone but Blocker as more than the next character to die, it does present Bale a role of immense feeling. For all the film’s faults, I could still recommend it for his performance alone.
- Amir Siregar @ Amir at the Movies [Indonesian]
- Betty Jo Tucker @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
- Excerpt: Rosamund Pike, Christian Bale and Wes Studi deliver memorable performances in this terrific Western with a powerful message.
