Jason Patric,
Gene Hackman,
Robert Duvall,
Wes Studi,
Matt Damon
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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 me... read more
DVD Release Date: November 17, 1998
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May 26, 2007Geronimo was historically accurate and that they used Apache historians to assist. Geronimo shows alot of war and apaches killing white and mexican.
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March 1, 2008I can't quite put my finger on what it was about Walter Hill's, Geronimo: An American Legend, that kept this from being an exceptional film. With a cast made up of Wes Studi, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Jason Patric and Matt Damon, beautiful shots of the American Southwest and a... read more
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November 14, 2011What really hurt this movie the most is it's title. Since Geronimo isn't in this all that much really. It's more about the men who are tracking him down rather then the man himself. Otherwise this really was a decent movie that has a great combination of up and coming, current an... read more
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September 2, 2009I don't know the history of Geronimo, but this film was a great story. It saddens me that our government was that back-stabbing.
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January 7, 2009This is a great western! Very, very underrated. I love the the way they used John Ford like settings and direction on this movie. Great sound effects, scenery, and acting. I can watch it over and over.
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July 3, 2007I love this movie. Jason Patric was fabulous in this and of course, any movie with Gene Hackman and Robert Duvall should be great.
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May 23, 2007I like Wes Studi but this is a project he should have walked away from. A really bad idea with equally horrendous results. Not only do the actors butcher the Apache language they also give the movie a new level of cheesiness that even challenges Costner's film "wolves". Also, ... read more
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May 6, 2007Walter Hill takes another stab at the western in this fitfully powerful story about Apache leader Geronimo. The pacing is somewhat lax, but Wes Studi makes for a compelling lead, and Hill's movie ultimately refuses to provide a clear-cut conflict between good guys and bad guys...... read more
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June 8, 2006I was in this movie when I was like 8 years old, it was fun meeting all the actors, and yes I got to meet Wes Studi, he is as amazing in person as on screen.
Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
November 1, 2008
Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Superior western, mostly historically accurate. Directed by Walter Hill with strong cast.
August 7, 2006
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Visually, action director Hill may be paying tribute to Ford's Westerns in the way he positions the chase and fight scenes against the panormaic vistas, but this Geronimo is curiously bland, neither a... Full Review
January 26, 2006
Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily
A gorgeously shot, fair-minded Western that honors Geronimo and the Apaches, but doesn't demonize the U.S. Cavalry. Vastly underrated and far superior to Dances With Wolves.
July 19, 2003
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
A sober-minded film directed by Walter Hill Full Review
July 26, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Not-half-bad historical biopic. A strong cast helps out a whole lot.
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