Walker (1987)
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 6
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Critic Reviews: 1
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Movie Info
Alex Cox directed this hallucinatory bio-pic starring Ed Harris as 19th-century American adventurer William Walker, who abandoned a series of careers in law, politics, journalism, and medicine to become a soldier of fortune and eventually a Nicaraguan dictator. When his deaf wife (Marlee Matlin) dies of cholera (but not before she utilizes sign language to tell Walker "To Hell with Manifest Destiny"), Walker is backed by multi-millionaire banker Cornelius Vanderbilt (Peter Boyle) to lead a band
Dec 4, 1987 Wide
Feb 19, 2008
Universal Pictures
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Cast
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Ed Harris
William Walker -
Marlee Matlin
Ellen Martin -
Peter Boyle
Commodore Cornelius ... -
Keith Szarabajka
Timothy Crocker -
Blanca Guerra
Yrena -
Richard Masur
Ephraim Squier -
Sy Richardson
Capt. Hornsby -
Rene Auberjonois
Maj. Siegfried Henni... -
Xander Berkeley
Bryon Cole -
John Diehl
Stebbins -
Pedro Armendariz Jr.
Munoz -
Roberto Lopez Espino...
Mayorga -
Gerrit Graham
Norvell Walker -
William O'Leary
James Walker -
Alan Bolt
Don Domingo -
Miguel Sandoval
Parker French -
René Assa
Dr. Jones -
Martin Aylett
Reporter -
Sharon Barr
Darlene -
Luis Contreras
Benito -
Robert Dickman
Company Man -
Richard Edson
Turley -
Bennet Guillory
Achilles Kewen -
Fox Harris
District Attorney -
Frederick Neumann
Wiley marshall -
Ed Pansullo
Maj. Angus -
Edward Tudor-Pole
Doubleday -
Milton Selzer
Judge -
Bob Tzudiker
Garrison -
William Utay
Fry -
Norbert Weisser
Prange -
Michele Winstanley
Maid -
Ren Woods
Alta Kewen -
Rudolph Wurlitzer
Morgan -
Biff Yeager
Max/Carpet Bagger -
Del Zamora
Padre Vigil -
Richard Zobel
Lemuel -
Alfonso Arau
Raousset -
Rick Barker
Breckenridge -
David Chung
Lul -
David Hayman
Father Rossiter -
Dick Rude
Washburn -
Zander Schloss
Huey -
Joe Strummer
Faucet -
Ramon Alvarez
Reporter -
George Belanger
Assistant Deputy -
Enrique Beraza
Corral -
Charley Braun
Bruno Van Namzer -
Linda Callahan
Mrs. Bingham -
Joe Celeste
Jury Foreman -
Nestor Mendez Garcia
Mendez -
Raymund Kettless
Reporter -
Louis Mathews
Priest -
Paulino Rodruguez
Castellon -
William Rothlein
Dewey -
J.D. Silvester
Huston -
Jack Slater
Sanders -
Spider Stacy
Davenport -
Dexter Taylor
Liverpool -
Kathy Burke
Annie Mae -
Tom Collins
Reporter -
Bruce Wright
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All Critics (18) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (6) | DVD (9)
Some bad movies are in no hurry to announce themselves, but Walker declares its badness right from the opening titles.
Top CriticWalker is the dark, neurotic flipside of Repo Man, where the antiheroic title character is not interested in any form of individual self-expression other than a single-minded pursuit of fame and glory.
a grievously misunderstood piece of schizo art
Cox and writer Rudy Wurlitzer get the politics right, but don't know how to clearly tell their story without seeming like loonies.
The movie's fierce detractors must have been so disgusted that they weren't even willing to concede its strokes of genius.
Ed Harris in the lead role valiantly tries to make the best of a bad situation, but the cartoon dimensions of the story leave him twisting in the wind.
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