| The Alamo Review |
| by Jonathan Moya (Rating: 3.5/5) |
| Davy Crockett: Billy Bob Thornton
Jim Bowie: Jason Patric
William Travis: Patrick Wilson
Santa Anna: Emilio Echevarria
Sam Houston: Dennis Quaid
Juan Seguin: Jordi Molla
Chief Bowl: Wes Studi
Sgt. William Ward: Leon Rippy more |
| The Alamo Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: C+) |
| Certain film titles create an expectation level
that demands the offering to be uplifting and
triumphant. Movies like "The Patriot" and "Pearl
Harbor" immediately comes to mind. You expect
large-scale battles, a level of personal
attachment to the...more |
| The Alamo Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 6/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "The Alamo" (Touchstone Pictures)
Ever since silent films, movie-makers have remembered the Alamo. Perhaps
John Wayne's 1960 folklore version is the most famous. Now that iconic military
engagement is revisited.
The...more |
| The Alamo Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4/5) |
| As a Texas native, I went into this Hollywood biopic (or is it
historical drama?) with some trepidation. With a gal from Amarillo
on my left and a gal from Orange County on my right, I found the
experience extremely gratifying. As my wise...more |
| The Alamo Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| As Sam Houston (Dennis Quaid, "The Rookie") works to sell the glories and
opportunities of Texas to Americans, young Lt. Col. Travis (Patrick Wilson,
HBO's "Angels in America") is sent to protect an old Spanish monastery, now
used as a fort, from the...more |
| The Alamo Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| In 1836 Texas was a part of the empire held by Mexican
dictator, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana (Emilio
Echeverria). But, for 13 incredible days during the
winter of that year 186 stalwart Texians barricaded
themselves in an old Spanish mission and...more |
| The Alamo Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: C) |
| Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten
Grade: C
Touchstone Pictures/Imagine Entertainment
Directed by: John Lee Hancock
Written by: Leslie Bohem, Stephen Gagham
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick
Wilson, Emilio Echevarria, Jordi Molla,...more |
| The Alamo Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 1/4) |
| John Lee Hancock's THE ALAMO is cartoonishly awful! As a native Texan who
spent last summer visiting that shrine to Texas history, I found this comic
book version, all dressed up and asking to be taken as a serious drama, to be
an insult to the brave...more |
