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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrIn both senses of the word, Posse is a colorful outing that fills a real gap, a film you can respect as well as enjoy. [14 May 1993, p.45]
- 70The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinMr. Van Peebles and his screenwriters, Sy Richardson and Dario Scardapane, care most about making their points emphatically, even if that sometimes leaves Posse riding heavy in the saddle. Luckily, most of their film is fast-paced and star-studded enough to avoid an overly preachy tone.
- 70The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard BrodyVan Peebles tells the story with ferocious vigor and unsparing brutality, entering Jesse’s haunted memory and dramatizing the farsighted schemes and improvisational daring on which the men's survival depends.
- 70Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonWith the exploitative brashness and twice the volume of his New Jack City, Van Peebles mixes rap with rawhide for a deliriously exaggerated entertainment.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliDespite its numerous problems, Posse remains an entertaining film. Not only does it bring an innovative perspective to the western, it tells a solid story.
- 60Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversAs Van Peebles turns the western into an equal-opportunity genre, his voice occasionally fades in the din. But be assured: It’s a voice spoiling to be heard.
- 50Austin ChronicleLouis BlackAustin ChronicleLouis BlackIn its own way, sloppy and excessive with LSD camera work and cutting, Posse is like a Gene Autrey Western from the Forties where the bad guys are the bad guys and the good guys are the good guys and the girl and the boy love each other (and those films were frequently more elliptically hallucinatory than this).
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis is an overdirected, overphotographed, overdone movie that is so distracted by its hectic, relentless style that the story line is rendered almost incoherent.
- 30Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonPosse is a great idea for a movie, but rarely has such a solid idea been exploited with greater indifference or lack of imagination.
- 30Time OutTime OutThe jarring 1990s sensibility of this over-directed, under-written movie extends to style as well as content. Worst of all is the blatantly fetishistic attitude the director adopts towards his posturing macho star.