Posse
starring: Stephen Baldwin, Paul Bartel, Stephen J. Cannell, Richard Edson, Pam Grier
directed by: Mario Van Peebles
directed by: Mario Van Peebles
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A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the spanish-american war with a cache of gold.Studio: Tcfhe/mgmRelease Date: 05/13/2008Starring: Billy Zane Blair UnderwoodRun time: 111 minutesRating: RDirector: Mario Van Peebles
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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
A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the spanish-american war with a cache of gold.Studio: Tcfhe/mgmRelease Date: 05/13/2008Starring: Billy Zane Blair UnderwoodRun time: 111 minutesRating: RDirector: Mario Van Peebles
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
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Sooo so bad
How anyone can give this even 3 stars, let alone five is beyond me.
This is so bad it's painful to watch. The acting is awful. The story terrible. The music, frankly if I were black, I'd find it insulting. Plus Van Peebels' wardrobe looks more YMCA than cowboy
This is the biggest turkey I've seen in a while. It's a kids film... I think it would be ideal for 8 or 9 year olds - who might quite enjoy it. But honestly - it is sooooooo bad.
I was expecting to sit ... Read More
Rating: 
- Action Packed
This movie will make you laugh,cry, and will keep you on the edge of your seat. We had to buy this movie because we like movies that we can watch over, and over again.
Rating: - Ignore the negative reviews
This movie is a good one. Yes, it's educational. It deals with black issues such as REPARATIONS for slavery was never given, and how the same people who were against black folks being free were the same ones stealing land from the m. Van Peebles deals with this issue with ease and still manages to make a very entertaining movie as well.
If the movies was truly as bad as the reviewer attempts to make it out to be, why, in gods name would it be so expensive??
Rating: - 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 is perfect for his role.......it was a shocker that Big Daddy Kane could act. It is good to see a Western with African-Americans in it as not all African-Americans were slaves. This is also a good film to add to any movie collection.
Rating: - 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 town' in this movie.Ex-slaves did settle among the Native Americans.And white men did try to steal the land when they felt it had value.Many forget there were Black soldiers who acquitted themselves well in the Spanish American war.This film tries to put a bit of all of this in, and at the same time, tell a story that will keep our attention.Mario, you did well, and I am honored to own ... Read More
- Sooo so badHow anyone can give this even 3 stars, let alone five is beyond me.
This is so bad it's painful to watch. The acting is awful. The story terrible. The music, frankly if I were black, I'd find it insulting. Plus Van Peebels' wardrobe looks more YMCA than cowboy
This is the biggest turkey I've seen in a while. It's a kids film... I think it would be ideal for 8 or 9 year olds - who might quite enjoy it. But honestly - it is sooooooo bad.
I was expecting to sit ... Read More
- Action PackedThis movie will make you laugh,cry, and will keep you on the edge of your seat. We had to buy this movie because we like movies that we can watch over, and over again.
- Ignore the negative reviewsThis movie is a good one. Yes, it's educational. It deals with black issues such as REPARATIONS for slavery was never given, and how the same people who were against black folks being free were the same ones stealing land from the m. Van Peebles deals with this issue with ease and still manages to make a very entertaining movie as well.
If the movies was truly as bad as the reviewer attempts to make it out to be, why, in gods name would it be so expensive??
- Izola's Movie Review: PosseThis is a GREAT movie. Not only is it action-packed, it also has a great plot (drama). Mario Van Peeples is perfect for his role.......it was a shocker that Big Daddy Kane could act. It is good to see a Western with African-Americans in it as not all African-Americans were slaves. This is also a good film to add to any movie collection.
- 5 For Trying To Set The Record StraightFor attempting to set the record straight, this film deserves 5 stars.There were towns like the 'dream town' in this movie.Ex-slaves did settle among the Native Americans.And white men did try to steal the land when they felt it had value.Many forget there were Black soldiers who acquitted themselves well in the Spanish American war.This film tries to put a bit of all of this in, and at the same time, tell a story that will keep our attention.Mario, you did well, and I am honored to own ... Read More
