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Posse

starring: Stephen Baldwin, Paul Bartel, Stephen J. Cannell, Richard Edson, Pam Grier
directed by: Mario Van Peebles

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792849681
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 079284968X
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 22, 2001
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 36120
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: May 14, 1993



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Editorial Review:

Description:
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)!

Amazon.com:
Mario Van Peebles directed as well as starred in this ham-fisted, 1993 Western with a predominantly African American cast. The story finds a posse of black shooters (with one white member, played by Stephen Baldwin) taking on a racist sheriff and military man, but Van Peebles's effort at mixing convention with hip credentials gets pretty grating. (Tone Loc makes the worst cowboy in film history.) The film is also incredibly sexist, going well beyond the usual frontier-floozy clichés and lapsing into the sort of blatant exploitation one found at that time in rap-music videos. There are lots of cameo appearances from familiar folks willing to support Van Peebles on a project that probably sounded like a mix of experiment and event--Pam Grier, Isaac Hayes, Woody Strode, and the director's father, Melvin Van Peebles. But even they can't help. --Tom Keogh



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Ignore the negative reviews
This movie is a good one. Yes, it's educational. It deals with black issues such as REPARATIONS for ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Izola's Movie Review: Posse
This is a GREAT movie. Not only is it action-packed, it also has a great plot (drama). Mario Van Peeples ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - 5 For Trying To Set The Record Straight
For attempting to set the record straight, this film deserves 5 stars. There were towns like the 'dream ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A popcorn movie that teaches. We need more like this.
Mario Van Peebles "Posse" is a movie with flaws, but it treats its source material with respect. Unlike the ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Better than the "editorial review" thinks it is
Tom Keogh, whomever he may be, is quite mistaken about the quality of Mario Van Peebles film, which is somewhat ... Read More

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