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06/24/06
Posse (1993)
40 %
Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 6 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Synopsis: This shoot-'em-up revisionist Western traces the little-known legend of black cowboys in the Old West, who participated in settling the frontier and played an unrecognized role in U.S. history. During the Spanish-American War, a multiracial group of U.S. soldiers go on a dangerous... [More]
Genre: Westerns
Starring: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Billy Zane, Richard Gant, Richard Jordan
Director: Mario Van Peebles
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Van Peebles' second indie is a rousing hip-hop Western that flaunts lurid visuals at the expense of coherent narrative and sharp characterixation; a trivial and messy exercise in style.
10/09/06
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05/20/03
Top Critic
Rousing entertainment directed by Van Peebles with a rare sense of purpose and mischief.
05/12/01
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01/01/00
Some interesting race-related points are raised, but Van Peebles disappoints by focusing instead on the standard elements of the genre.
01/01/00
An overdirected, overphotographed, overdone movie that is so distracted by its hectic, relentless style that the story line is rendered almost incoherent.
01/01/00
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