Scott Cooper’s Hostiles shares a
substantial amount of DNA with old school westerns of bygone eras. It’s the
direct descendent of John Ford and John Wayne, in both positive and negative ways.
Sweeping and grim, it attempts to shine a light into the deepest, darkest
corners of a man’s soul; it’s also dicey in a Searchers way
when it comes to the ingrained racism of its protagonist and this particular
era of American history.
