Hostiles Guns: How Accurate Was Christian Bale’s Latest Western?

By Larry Ford

Released in 2017, Hostiles is a Western film written and directed by Scott Cooper. The story is set in 1892 and follows U.S. Army Captain Joseph Blocker (Christian Bale), who is ordered to escort a dying Cheyenne chief, Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi), and his family back to their tribal land in Montana. Capt. Blocker reluctantly accepts his orders, despite his own gory history with Chief Yellow Hawk, who was an enemy combatant against Blocker and the United States. Yellow Hawk was responsible for the death of several of Blocker’s friends and his comrades.

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Nevertheless, Blocker and a small detail of soldiers escort Yellow Hawk and his family on a harrowing and perilous journey from Fort Berringer, New Mexico, to Montana. During their journey, the group soon encounters a young widow, Rosalee Quaid (Rosemund Pike), whose family has been killed by renegade Comanche Indians. Quaid joins Blocker’s detail in their travels. The travelers must now band …Read the Rest

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