Posse (1993)
The Untold Story Of The Wild West
Mario Van Peebles (Judgment Day), Billy Zane (Titanic) and Stephen Baldwin (Fled) shake up the frontier in this "fast-paced, star-studded, big brawny western" (Janet Maslin, The New York Times)! Filled with gun-blazing, fist-pounding action and co-starring Big Daddy Kane, Blair Underwood, Tone Loc, Pam Grier, Isaac Hayes, Nipsey Russell, Aaron Neville and more, Posse takes a page missing from the history books - and unfolds it with suspense, humor and awe-inspiring power!
In 1892, a group of mostly black infantrymen, betrayed by their white commander, Colonel Graham (Zane), desert the Spanish-American War. With Graham hot on their trail, Jessie Lee (Van Peebles) leads the men to his hometown, Freemanville, only to find it's also besieged by war - a racist war! Lee's attempts to bring justice and freedom to his people make for a brilliant Western that's short on words and long on "killer entertainment" (Los Angeles Times)!
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The Posse - MovieLover5
A pretty good tale of revenge and the grittier side of the old west, U.S.A. style: lots of shootings, lots of blood, lots of sex. What makes this film somewhat more interesting than others of its genre though, is its focus on the little known fact there were thousands of black cowboys throughout the west in the latter half of the 19th century. (One article I read says approximately 25% of cowboys were African-Americans. Wow! Who knew?)
Mario Van Peebles heads the cast and comes across quite ably as the posse leader. If you're looking for an action flick to pass the evening, this one will do nicely.
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The Posse - MovieLover5
A pretty good tale of revenge and the grittier side of the old west, U.S.A. style: lots of shootings, lots of blood, lots of sex. What makes this film somewhat more interesting than others of its genre though, is its focus on the little known fact there were ...