Walker

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Walker

R

1987

1h 35m

History

Drama

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The life of American lawyer and journalist William Walker, who named himself president of Nicaragua during the 1850s.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

05/11/2022

3/4

Excessive or not, the exhilaration and lyricism of its furious anger and wit are such that they could enlighten us all.

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Budd Wilkins

Slant Magazine

04/05/2022

Brutal, trenchant, and unsettlingly surreal, Alex Coxs Walker gets a spiffy new Blu-ray upgrade and a couple new bonus features from Criterion.

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Jeremiah Kipp

Slant Magazine

02/13/2008

4/4

Walker 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.

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Eve Tushnet

Patheos

08/16/2023

I think the movie doesn’t quite know what it wants to say about the idealism driving American military action. Unsurprisingly, it also has absolutely nothing to say about internal Nicaraguan politics...

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

04/16/2022

1.5/4

A chore to endure.

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Peter Canavese

Celluloid Dreams

04/10/2022

4/4

A tightly paced, intuitive biopic, tonally reminiscent of 'Barry Lyndon' with a brilliant performance by Ed Harris. A true love-it-or-hate-it punk cinema extravaganza.

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Synopsis

The life of American lawyer and journalist William Walker, who named himself president of Nicaragua during the 1850s.

Director: Alex Cox
Producer: Angel Flores Marini, Lorenzo O'Brien
Screenwriter: Rudy Wurlitzer
Production Co: In-Cine Compañía Industrial Cinematográfica
Rating: R
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Feb 19, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $216.1K
Runtime: 1h 35m