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1987

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This offbeat historical drama is another in a line of hard-to-categorize films from cult director Alex Cox. Ed Harris stars as William Walker, an idealistic doctor, lawyer, and journalist who, at age 32, led a bloody revolution and installed himself as president of Nicaragua under orders from Cornelius Vanderbilt (Peter Boyle). .. Read more

Starring	Ed Harris, Marlee Matlin, Rene Assa
Director	Alex Cox
Genres	Drama

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  - 1
  One Of Cox's Best
  
  This enjoyably unusual biopic of William Walker is another gem from Alex Cox, who has clearly here been given his biggest budget and delivers a beautiful ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - bobbyperu
  - Merseyside
  - 22 Jun 2005 at 09:41
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- - 1
  - 1
  AMERICA PLUNDERR
  
  A FILM ON THE PLUNDER OF AN AMERICAN GENERAL BACKED BY AN AMERICaN CORPORATION TO PLUNDER AND CONTROLL
  
  GOOD
  
  WORTH A WATCH
  
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- - OSo
  - 403 reviews
  - Tooting London
  - 01 Aug 2009 at 13:24
- - 1
  - 0
  Slapdash and heavy-handed
  
  Disappointing effort from Cox - the heavy-handed politics sit uneasily with the general silliness of the film and the unusual scenes with anachronistic ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 27 Aug 2008 at 15:09
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  Sandinista Days
  
  You really don't know how good Joe Strummer was until you've listened to the soundtrack of this film - I didn't.
  
  The struggles of the ... read more »
  
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  - North Cornelly, South Wales
  - 11 May 2008 at 14:35
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  disappointing
  
  watched and loved it ten years ago, seemed like a pile of s**it this time around
  
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- - parrotface
  - 12 reviews
  - london
  - 16 Feb 2008 at 17:38
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  maybe nicaragua and victoria r same
  
  cox's best film i think, andif i'd known joe strummer was that good a composer, i'd have listened to clash more, or less, briliant film i wish never... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 10 Jan 2008 at 01:49
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  Don't even bother
  
  i am a Ed Harris fan and believe me this film is one to miss
  
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  - uk
  - 26 Aug 2007 at 12:44
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  Fattys opinion
  
  Watched this film looking forward to a good western/action not really sure whats it going to be like. Thought the whole film was pretty poorly directed, the ... read more »
  
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  - Penzance
  - 25 Jun 2007 at 16:10
- - 3
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  Walker (1987)
  
  This man was a hero? shocking. I did not enjoy this film. It shown different cultures shooting and killing each other.
  
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  - London
  - 26 Mar 2006 at 11:57
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  god what a mess
  
  Aoid - a waste of your time. Really
  
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  - london england
  - 09 Jan 2006 at 23:00
- - 4
  - 6
  Hey Gringo!
  
  Based on the true story of William Walker, a successful businessman who carved himself brilliant careers in medicine, law, journalism and politics. With his rag... read more »
  
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- - Paul Jay
  - London, England
  - 11 Jul 2005 at 16:49
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- - 9
  - 1
  One Of Cox's Best
  
  This enjoyably unusual biopic of William Walker is another gem from Alex Cox, who has clearly here been given his biggest budget and delivers a beautiful ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 338620
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - bobbyperu
  - Merseyside
  - 22 Jun 2005 at 09:41
- - 4
  - 0
  Walker on the wild side
  
  A good central performance from Ed Harris can't disguise this thinly realised version of a true American Hero(?). Despite many musical 'buddies' ... read more »
  
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- - Gary P
  - Peterborough, England
  - 06 Oct 2004 at 21:07
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  Walker (1987)
  
  This man was a hero? shocking. I did not enjoy this film. It shown different cultures shooting and killing each other.
  
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  - London
  - 26 Mar 2006 at 11:57
- - 3
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  I did not enjoy this ...
  
  I did not enjoy this film. The music was annoying and intrusiive. It detracted from, rather than enhanced the action. In fact, the sound in general was poor. ... read more »
  
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- - Mark#180
  - LIVERPOOL
  - 05 May 2004 at 09:31
- - 1
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  Sandinista Days
  
  You really don't know how good Joe Strummer was until you've listened to the soundtrack of this film - I didn't.
  
  The struggles of the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 564369
- - a customer
  - North Cornelly, South Wales
  - 11 May 2008 at 14:35
- - 1
  - 0
  Slapdash and heavy-handed
  
  Disappointing effort from Cox - the heavy-handed politics sit uneasily with the general silliness of the film and the unusual scenes with anachronistic ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 619989
- - a customer
  - London
  - 27 Aug 2008 at 15:09
- - 0
  - 0
  Fattys opinion
  
  Watched this film looking forward to a good western/action not really sure whats it going to be like. Thought the whole film was pretty poorly directed, the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 453080
- - a customer
  - Penzance
  - 25 Jun 2007 at 16:10
- - 0
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  Don't even bother
  
  i am a Ed Harris fan and believe me this film is one to miss
  
  Report this review
- 469326
- - a customer
  - uk
  - 26 Aug 2007 at 12:44
- - 0
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  maybe nicaragua and victoria r same
  
  cox's best film i think, andif i'd known joe strummer was that good a composer, i'd have listened to clash more, or less, briliant film i wish never... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 511081
- - a customer
  - London
  - 10 Jan 2008 at 01:49
- - 0
  - 0
  disappointing
  
  watched and loved it ten years ago, seemed like a pile of s**it this time around
  
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- 527250
- - parrotface
  - 12 reviews
  - london
  - 16 Feb 2008 at 17:38

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  This offbeat historical drama is another in a line of hard-to-categorize films from cult director Alex Cox. Ed Harris stars as William Walker, an idealistic doctor, lawyer, and journalist who, at age 32, led a bloody revolution and installed himself as president of Nicaragua under orders from ...