Posse [Blu-ray] Reviews

Setting the historical record straight about the significance of African-American cowboys in the West following the Civil War is no excuse for Mario Van Peebles to fashion such a slapdash mixture of spaghetti western and social protest movie with some side trips to various bordellos and water holes for some frolicsome fun and tied up with a vengeance motif with more villains than three average movies. And never let it be said that he explores nuances of characters and situations as the film’s broad, bold strokes, even with its emphasis on its black protagonists, offer nothing really new but rather only a been there-done that tone that the director and screenwriters can’t manage to circumvent. The writers and director have the best of intentions with this movie but not the ultimate skill to pull it off as successfully as more experienced hands might have done.

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