A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father.
Rousing entertainment directed by Van Peebles with a rare sense of purpose and mischief.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
rotten:
Some interesting race-related points are raised, but Van Peebles disappoints by focusing instead on the standard elements of the genre.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
An overdirected, overphotographed, overdone movie that is so distracted by its hectic, relentless style that the story line is rendered almost incoherent.