Product Details

• Actors: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles Lane, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Big Daddy Kane
• Directors: Mario Van Peebles
• Writers: Dario Scardapane, Sy Richardson
• Producers: Bill Fishman, Eric Fellner, James Bigwood, Jim Fishman, Jim Steele
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Polygram Video
• VHS Release Date: September 27, 1994
• Run Time: 111 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302890276
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #244,397 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Mario Van Peebles directed as well as starred in this ham-fisted, 1993 Western with a predominantly African American cast. The story finds a posse of black shooters (with one white member, played by Stephen Baldwin) taking on a racist sheriff and military man, but Van Peebles's effort at mixing convention with hip credentials gets pretty grating. (Tone Loc makes the worst cowboy in film history.) The film is also incredibly sexist, going well beyond the usual frontier-floozy clichés and lapsing into the sort of blatant exploitation one found at that time in rap-music videos. There are lots of cameo appearances from familiar folks willing to support Van Peebles on a project that probably sounded like a mix of experiment and event--Pam Grier, Isaac Hayes, Woody Strode, and the director's father, Melvin Van Peebles. But even they can't help. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Correcting History., April 1, 2002

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tvtv3 "tvtv3" (Sorento, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Posse [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Mario Van Peebles directed and starred in this film about a group of African-American soldiers (and one white one) on the run from a corrupt military officer. The officer (Billy Zane) had the posse steal some gold from Cuba during the Spanish-American War. He planned to kill them afterwards, but the group proved stronger than he thought and they escaped. They come back to the states and follow Jesse (Van Peebles) to the dream town of his deceased father in west Texas. Jesse has some inner demons to silence and they won't be still until he has settled an aged score.

The film is interesting. However, the movie relies heavily upon typical Western cliches which dampen some of the it's uniqueness. Nevertheless, the film does raise awareness about all the black cowboys and settlers that were so instrumental in taming the West that most people don't even know existed. An educational film that is quite entertaining to watch.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Western, January 19, 2010

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Tafari K. Boozer "Mr, Wise" (Silver Spring MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Posse (Amazon Instant Video)

It tells the forgotten story of the black cowboys of the west you have to watch it to understand, Im not going to write a long review about the movie, because everyone is a critic so just see for yourself you be the judge.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Posse, January 13, 2010

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TREND700 "TREND700" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Posse (DVD)

A group of black American soldiers desert their ranks during the 1890s Spanish-American war, on account of a cruel and corrupt white colonel. Along with an ostracized white soldier they form a posse of outlaws and,with the colonel in pursuit, head to an all black town caught up in its own struggle against hostile neighboring whites. This is absolutely a great movie. The movie combines a mixture of solid Old West shootings with a unique sense of humor. The dialogue was uplifting that fit the era nicely. "Posse" gives a brilliant effort and is inspiring movie that is seldom talked about.