The epic western is back! Hostiles is great, but with one glaring and easily fixed flaw. This movie explores violence and hate inherent in the American West, in a way that no film has attempted in a long time. It is perfectly ambiguous, and you should watch the film. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Hutton, Paul Andrew. The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History. New York: Broadway Books, 2017. https://amzn.to/2KIk0aI (and thanks to Dr. Hutton for giving me some of the criticism for this review offhandedly - It's all your fault, hehehe) Hämäläinen, Pekka. The Comanche Empire. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2008. https://amzn.to/2m162C3 Lahti, Janne. Cultural Construction of Empire: The US Army in Arizona and New Mexico. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 2012. https://amzn.to/2NHPZ8O Lamar, Howard Roberts. The Far Southwest, 1846-1912: A Territorial History. Rev. ed. New York: W. W. Norton, 1970. https://amzn.to/2KGIwsz White, Richard. Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America. New York: W. W. Norton, 2011. https://amzn.to/2zkURO3 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Hostiles is a 2017 American Western film written and directed by Scott Cooper, based on a story by Donald E. Stewart. It stars Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Ben Foster, Stephen Lang, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, Adam Beach, Q'orianka Kil