The movie follows the events leading up to the capture of Geronimo in 1886. Betrayed by the Army's legendary Indian fighter, General George Crook, Geronimo forms a small band of warriors to humiliate the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.
Visually, action director Hill may be paying tribute to Ford's Westerns in the way he positions the chase and fight scenes against the panormaic vistas, but this Geronimo is curiously bland, neither absorbing nor stirring.
Superior western, mostly historically accurate. Directed by Walter Hill with strong cast.
eFilmCritic.com
July 26, 2002
Not-half-bad historical biopic. A strong cast helps out a whole lot.
Fantastica Daily
January 26, 2006
A gorgeously shot, fair-minded Western that honors Geronimo and the Apaches, but doesn't demonize the U.S. Cavalry. Vastly underrated and far superior to Dances With Wolves.
