Walker

Walker

1987 · 94 min · EN · R · 6.3 (63 votes)
Dir. Alex Cox · Starring Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley · Music Joe Strummer

Before Rambo... Before Oliver North...

DramaHistoryWestern

William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.

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A brutal, blood-soaked descent into 19th-century Central American conflict. This film feels like a forgotten grindhouse relic, unflinching in its depiction of mercenary ambition and the savage consequences of power grabs.

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