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Walker (1987)
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Cast
as William Walker
as Ephraim Squier
as Maj. Siegfried Hennington
as Timothy Crocker
as Capt. Hornsby
as Bryon Cole
as Stebbins
as Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
as Ellen Martin
as Raousset
as Munoz
as Munoz
as Mayorga
as Norvell Walker
as James Walker
as Yrena
as Don Domingo
as Parker French
as Faucet
as Dr. Jones
as Achilles Kewen
as Prange
as Anderson
as Turley
as Bruno Van Namzer
as Mrs. Bingham
as Judge
as Lemuel
as Alta Kewen
as Wiley marshall
as Father Rossiter
as Doubleday
as Darlene
as Annie Mae
as District Attorney
as Corral
as Benito
as Maj. Angus
as Sanders
as Davenport
as Padre Vigil
as Rudler
as Maj. Angus
as Fry
as Castellon
as Assistant Deputy
as Huey
as Dewey
as Lul
as Castellon
as Washburn
as Morgan
as Garrison
as Davenport
as Mendez
as Breckenridge
as Huston
as Company Man
as Jury Foreman
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Priest
as Liverpool
as Maid
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Critic Reviews for Walker
All Critics (10) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (6) | DVD (3)
Some bad movies are in no hurry to announce themselves, but Walker declares its badness right from the opening titles.
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.
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.
Audience Reviews for Walker
I really don't get the appeal. I like Alex Cox, but this is just...bad.
Super Reviewer
A historical biopic on acid and about 13 other hard drugs! Alex Cox's "WALKER" is a feverish, unbelievably delirious film that while based on facts, refuses to limit itself in any way or take any obvious direction (in what other film could a 19th century Mercenary possibly make the covers of both TIME MAGAZINE and NEWSWEEK). I haven't seen a film this ridiculous in some time, but I actually really liked it! A part of me feels this film is some kind of odd work of manic genius; the other part of me thinks I'm completely insane for admitting that!
Super Reviewer
[font=Century Gothic]"Walker" starts in 1853 as William Walker(Ed Harris) barely survives his botched attempt at liberating a corrupt section of Mexico. Since that went so well, he is approached by Cornelius Vanderbilt(Peter Boyle) to head an expedition to Nicaragua to stabilize the country so he can profit off the overland route and a future canal. Walker is at first reluctant but joins up when his fiancee Ellen(Marlee Matlin) dies of cholera.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]"Walker" is a wildly entertaining and exuberant movie incredibly based on a true story about a delusional man.(Anytime you start to believe your own press, you have problems, especially if you own a newspaper for that express purpose.) Directed by Alex Cox in a style that could best be termed as Peckinpah on mescaline, the movie utilizes more than its fair share of anachronisms to highlight the timelessness of the plot. Cox's intent was to indirectly comment on the covert war against the Sandinistas in the 1980's but since economic imperialism is eternal, then why could we not apply this movie's lessons to Iraq instead? [/font]
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