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Hostiles (2017)

★ 7.0 · 2,497 ratings on TMDB

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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.

DirectorScott Cooper
CastAdam Beach, Christian Bale, Jesse Plemons, Paul Anderson, Peter Mullan, Rory Cochrane
GenresAdventure, Drama, History, Western
The emergence reading

Hostiles keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

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