Hickok

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Hickok

Released Jul 7, 2017

1h 28m

Western

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Legendary gunslinger "Wild Bill" Hickok looks to leave the past behind him by settling in the small town of Abilene, Kan., and becoming the marshal. His unparalleled skills are soon put to the test when he finds himself in a showdown with a gang of outlaws and the powerful saloon owner who put a bounty on his head.

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

My favorite performance in the film comes from Bruce Dern, enthusiastically loopy as the booze-soaked town doctor. You can rarely accuse Bruce Dern of phoning it in.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 13, 2017

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

A perfectly serviceable Western featuring a comfortingly familiar storyline, Hickok will tide genre fans over until more substantial offerings come along.

Jul 8, 2017

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Joe Leydon

Variety

The legendary Wild West gunslinger rides again in this unabashedly retrograde oater.

Jul 6, 2017

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Ernesto Zelaya Miñano

ScreenAnarchy

Hickok is like that: it tends to skip potentially interesting story developments, probably due to the way-too-short runtime.

Feb 3, 2023

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James Plath

Family Home Theater

A tense and satisfying Western. But you do have to check your realistic expectations at the door.

Rated: B-

Jan 16, 2018

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Despite some stylish shootouts, this mildly compelling if haphazardly assembled oater lacks historical context and fires too many narrative blanks.

Jul 7, 2017

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This is close to as poor as the worst western series of the 1960's or the most pointless spaghetti westerns of the 1970's, only in a modern spotless fashion. Glossy cinematography, in an extremely flat light and with ditto acting performances, where the characters aren't basically more credible than in a Brazilian soap opera. This has little or nothing to do with the historical Wild Bill Hickok. Neither does the leading actor, Luke Hemsworth, look anything like him, and it seems that nearly all acting performers were casted due to their some kind of handsome looks and nothing else, except from Kris Kristofferson who got the role because of his fame. Tedious, pretentious and aimless.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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What kind of made-for-television movie production is this? It features a few recognizable names appearing in it, for example, Luke Hemsworth, Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson, and Bruce Dern. None of them are showing their A+ effort in this movie. After perusing through the director's filmography on IMDb, I do not think any of his movies received a star rating average higher than six out of ten possible. Hickok is a less-than-stellar movie.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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jelisije j

The actors and directors do what they can with an ok script, but this movie would have been better if they had an actual budget.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Not historically correct but entertaining.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Hickok is a very mediocre, low production value Western full of melodrama and cliches. Half a star is purely for Bruce Dern who is the only one turning in a decent performance, but it's not all the actors' fault: the script is terrible and despite an interesting subject and relatively short run time, the movie dragged. Only for the Western enthusiast desperate for new material.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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I am a big fan of westerns and Hickock just didn't do it for me. Editing was worthless. Definitely would not recommend this mess.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Timothy Woodward Jr.

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Luke Hemsworth

Wild Bill Hickok

Kris Kristofferson

George Knox

Trace Adkins

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Legendary gunslinger "Wild Bill" Hickok looks to leave the past behind him by settling in the small town of Abilene, Kan., and becoming the marshal. His unparalleled skills are soon put to the test when he finds himself in a showdown with a gang of outlaws and the powerful saloon owner who put a bounty on his head.

Director: Timothy Woodward Jr.
Producer: Lauren De Normandie, Christopher Brian Nicoletti, Henry Penzi, Timothy Woodward Jr.
Screenwriter: Michael Lanahan
Distributor: Cinedigm
Production Co: Pay It Forward Entertainment, Status Media & Entertainment, Avery Productions, Cinedigm
Genre: Western, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 7, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 7, 2017
Runtime: 1h 28m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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