![]() While capturing Apaches, Blocker’s men toy with the father, dragging him behind a horse as his family wails. In 1892, career military man Joseph Blocker (Bale) is tasked with rounding up Indians who’ve escaped the prison at New Mexico’s Fort Berringer. Much like the way “The Post” focused as much on the emerging feminism of Washington Post Publisher Katharine “Kay” Graham (Meryl Streep) as it did the fight to uphold the freedom of the press, or how “The Shape of Water” basically turned the tables on “The Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “Hostiles” is an exploration of the begrudging empathy between a white cavalry captain (Christian Bale) and the Cheyenne war chief (Wes Studi) who butchered many of his good friends. If you were upset by the character arc of Oscar nominee Sam Rockwell’s racist cop in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” you might want to steer clear of “Hostiles.” The Western from writer-director Scott Cooper (“Crazy Heart”) is the latest in a string of historical films to put a decidedly modern spin on traditional movie tropes. ![]() Recently widowed Rosalee Quaid (Rosamund Pike) rides alongside Joseph Blocker (Christian Bale) in a scene from "Hostiles." (Lorey Sebastian/Yellow Hawk, Inc.)
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