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Posse
1993 111 min United Kingdom, United States of America R 16+
★5.7
Action, Adventure, Western, Drama
Director: Mario Van Peebles
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Description
A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father.
Budget:
$3.5M
US Gross:
$18.29M
Worldwide:
$20M
Starring
Mario Van Peebles
Actor
Stephen Baldwin
Actor
Charles Lane
Actor
Awards
2 nominations
Key opinion
Posse is a visually ambitious and personally driven Western that shines a light on the often-overlooked history of Black cowboys in the American frontier. While the performances are widely praised, the film is hampered by inconsistent tone and uneven pacing, leaving its legacy as a bold but flawed experiment.
| Acting | The cast, led by Stephen Baldwin and Billy Zane, delivers strong and memorable performances that elevate the material. | |
| Culture | The film succeeds in using the Western genre to highlight the historical realities of racial discrimination and the existence of Black colonies in the American West. | |
| Production | The visual presentation of the film, including cinematography and production design, is impressive despite signs of a limited budget. | |
| Screenplay | The narrative struggles to balance its desire to be both a serious historical commentary and a stylized homage to classic Westerns, resulting in an oscillating tone between gravitas and parody. | |
| Pacing | The storytelling suffers from a sluggish and inconsistent tempo that impacts the film's overall engagement. |