Hostile Territory

Play trailer

1:39

Hostile Territory

R

2022

1h 34m

Western

Drama

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

Tomatometer

1 Reviews

51%

Popcornmeter

50+ Ratings

Inspired by a true story, Hostile Territory is a rousing western action-adventure. Former P.O.W. Jack Calgrove moves Heaven and Earth to be reunited with his children following the Civil War. After returning home, Jack finds out his wife has died and his children, presumed orphans, are heading deep into the West aboard a train crossing old enemy lines. Calgrove and another former soldier are joined by a troop of Native American sharpshooters and a freed slave, as they race to intercept the orphan train before all hope is lost.

Watch on Fandango at Home

Stream Now

Peter Canavese

Celluloid Dreams

Aspires to be a sort of family friendly 'Yellowstone' with a very specific, dully earnest moralistic tone, but it's still slow and dramatically klutzy in how insistently it flatters its white male heroes as anachronistic paragons of goodness.

Rated: 1.5/4

Apr 28, 2022

Full Review

Read all reviews

Darla Harkey

This was absolutely a breath of fresh air. The story, the cinema photography, the acting, the historical aspect were so amazing. Hits off to all the cast and crew for putting together a beautiful work of art. I give it 5 GOLD STARS!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/24/22

Full Review

David P

I'm not a major history buff; however, this movie was well done. While some of the acting was not the greatest, the scenery and story (true as it may be) were magnificent! It was given an R rating; however, that was too harsh a rating. PG-13 perhaps but NOT R.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/27/24

Full Review

Jo M

A rip-roaring stinker. Absolute twaddle from mawkish start to sentimental finish. Made for 75 dollars, 74 of which were self-evidently misspent. Watch at your peril.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/09/24

Full Review

Audience Member

Many Historical inaccuracies. There were few if any repeating rifles until the end of the war.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/23/23

Full Review

James H

I never expect much from films that don't have huge budgets, although admittedly even big budget films are bad these days. That being said I was pleasantly surprised with this. As long as you don't go expecting this to be like a big Hollywood western of the past then you'll probably find this film okay. It's something that will pass the time if you're into period drama type things, but this isn't just a constant shootout like typical westerns so go somewhere else if you're into things that is just shooting and blowing things up. Plenty of bad 80s films for that instead.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/22/23

Full Review

Robert M

I thought the acting and the screenplay were very poor. The movie was boring and unbelievable. Where would you see a steel truss bridge in the unsettled "hostile territory" in the 1860's?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Brian Presley

Director

Brea Bee

Sarah

Matt McCoy

Andrew Lee

Lew Temple

Daniel Glenn

Brad Leland

Frank Smith

Emily Shenaut

Esther

Hostile Territory: Trailer 1

1:39

View more videos

View more photos

Synopsis

Inspired by a true story, Hostile Territory is a rousing western action-adventure. Former P.O.W. Jack Calgrove moves Heaven and Earth to be reunited with his children following the Civil War. After returning home, Jack finds out his wife has died and his children, presumed orphans, are heading deep into the West aboard a train crossing old enemy lines. Calgrove and another former soldier are joined by a troop of Native American sharpshooters and a freed slave, as they race to intercept the orphan train before all hope is lost.

Director: Brian Presley
Producer: Timothy Patrick Cavanaugh, Mark David, Brian Presley, Christian Sosa
Screenwriter: Brian Presley
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Buffalo 8 Productions, Rebel Road Entertainment
Rating: R (Violence)
Genre: Western, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 22, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 26, 2022
Runtime: 1h 34m

Most Popular at Home Now