Rating: PG13
Genre:
Western
Release Date: 11/03/1998
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/French
Run Time: 115 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Questionable for Children, Profanity, Western Violence
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
Walter Hill directs
John Milius's script (co-written by
Larry Gross) depicting a revisionist perspective on the "Geronimo Campaign" and how
Geronimo, with 34 men, managed to elude 5000 U.S. cavalry men between 1885 and 1886 before his surrender at the Canyon of the Skeletons in September 1886. The film centers upon Charles Gatewood (
Jason Patric), the U.S. Cavalry lieutenant who is charged with capturing the elusive Apache leader. Gatewood is torn by a grudging respect for
Geronimo and his people and his duty to his country. But then all the white men in the film have a respect for
Geronimo, even as they are trying to hunt him down and kill him. General Charles Crook (
Gene Hackman), charged with overseeing the forced settlement of the Apaches on reservations, has nothing but admiration for
Geronimo.
~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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