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.
This is an absolute chef d'oeuvre of a movie, especially the psychological effects of war on people, who appear strong on the outside but broken beyond repair.
"As cheap as life sometimes feels to you now, it was entirely disposable in the West." Patently untrue. Fails to take into account the Indian reluctance to attack fortified positions. Subsistence tribes can't afford to throw droves of warriors at a fort; every warrior a tribal society trains is an enormous investment in time and calories. Young warriors would routinely abandon war chiefs who had a habit of losing men. Meanwhile, Custer made his name sending thousands of soldiers to their deaths. The Sioux couldn't afford to lose more than fifty warriors a summer during the war season, and if they did, it was a bad summer. The Americans losing a hundredfold that during regular Civil War skirmishes. Even for the Comanche, war was a mechanism of social mobility for males, it wasn't a means to satisfy an overwhelming bloodlust. I'm not making excuses for their cruelty but their savagery shouldn't justify yours. You don't know what you're talking about.
Great movie great quality in 4K with english hardcoded subs..Many thanks. Personally I prefer the 1970 version "Soldier Blue"...convineantly also available in solid 4K on this channel..
Wrey - why not educate us Americans on our history then? I'm sure you have a catalog of real, truthful, non-spun talking points ready to go. Just suggesting we don't know history shows how little it's likely you that's the ignorant one here. Plus, it's a freaking movie, not Honors History.
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This is an absolute chef d'oeuvre of a movie, especially the psychological effects of war on people, who appear strong on the outside but broken beyond repair.