Billy Bob Thornton, Dennis Quaid, Emilio Echevarrķa

The roads cross at San Antonio de Bexar at a small, ruined mission called The Alamo--a place where myth meets history and legend meets reality. In the spring of 1836 nearly 200 Texans--men of all race...( read more  read more... )s who believed in the future of Texas--held the fort for thirteen days under siege by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, ruler of Mexico and commander of its forces. Led by three men--the young, brash Colonel William Travis; the violent, passionate James Bowie; and the larger-than-life living legend Davy Crockett--the Texans and their deeds at the Alamo would pass into history as General Sam Houston's rallying cry for Texas independence. As well, their actions would become legend for their symbolic significance.

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PG-13, 2 hrs. 17 min.

Directed by: John Lee Hancock

Release Date: April 9, 2004

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DVD Release Date: September 28, 2004

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  • July 16, 2009
    So I finally managed to watch this after I've been living in TX for the last 8 some years. Visited the Alamo loads of times and learned about the history of course. The cast was amazingly put together and i was very impressed on who was in it. Once again dennis Quaid very good, B...( read more)illy Bob was pretty impressive and the rest delieverd. the story however was very bland and lacked a lot of the drama that happened. It was too slow and probably too long to keep any real interest. This should have been better...
  • May 28, 2009
    "You will never forget"

    Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.

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    I was expecting a little more from this film, but it really didn't start to take off until more than hour into the picture. Most historical films take some liberties with thought-provoking statements and/or comic relief. This film, however, simply delivered factual rhetoric for the first hour. It wasn't until the second hour that the actors seemed to get into character and the story really picked up.

    I will probably research some of the scenes that I saw to see how "accurate" they may or may not have been. It was the end sequence that I was really waiting for. I know from history that the final battle ended in a matter of minutes. Supposedly the reason for this was that Santa Anna took a nap every day around 4pm. Houston became of aware of this and launched his attack right after 4pm, catching the Mexican leader literally asleep at the switch. I didn't really see anything to prove or disprove this fact in the film. It would have been nice to see, however.

    Overall, a watchable film. Special credits goes to the superb sets and costumes. The acting was good, but more could have been done to enhance the script.
  • February 28, 2008
    Spectacular and extroadinary. Deeply moving, captivating and absolutely breathtaking. A fierce, powerful and excellent epic filled with emotion, drama and awsome battle sequences. It's a triumph. It's a totally compelling true story. The cast is truly outstanding, they consume th...( read more)eirr roles with intelligence and dedication. Dennis Quaid is magnificent. Billy Bob Thorton is brilliant. Jason Patric is teriffic.
  • November 30, 2007
    Lots of patriotic junk, but the battle scenes were fun, and Billy Bob playing the violin is alright too. Especially when he gets shot lots.
  • July 6, 2007
    Good news Billy Bob Thornton is good but the rest is bland, long and incrediably painful to sit through
  • October 15, 2009
    quiero verla nuevamente
  • September 25, 2009
    This movie's portrayal of Mexican volunteers courageously fighting for the independence of Texas, makes it more accurate that the earlier 60s film with the same title (contemporary historians estimate that about 60% of the defenders of the Alamo were Mexican volunteers). Mark Bl...( read more)ucas, Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Leon Rippy, and Emilio Echevarria all do their part to make this a memorable and dramatic re-telling of the principal events of the Texas War of Independence.
  • July 11, 2009
    This is the best Alamo movie.
  • June 23, 2009
    Dennis Quaid is as exciting as a banana
  • June 22, 2009
    Simply good, but boring

Critic Reviews


May 3, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

Laborious mush. full review

April 9, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

It may be history, but it's too meticulous to be believable. full review

April 9, 2004
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

A deeply compromised film, if not a broken one. full review

April 9, 2004
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

A drama mired in the mundane. full review

April 9, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Succeeds in taking those pop-culture brand names like Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie and giving them human form. full review

April 8, 2004
David Edelstein, Slate

This is a profoundly ahistoric movie -- a definitive Hollywood muddle. full review

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Comments


  • VilaVila
    August 16, 2007
    Teeeerrrible. Horribly dramatic for a war movie. The americans look like heroes, and the mexicans like villains, even when the americans started the war for expanding their territory. The battle scenes looked good (only that it earned one star for me). Too passionated for a war movie, i think not even Dr King was that excited during his speech. The difference is that dr Martin Luther King Would have earned a 6 star, and this thing doesnt deserve even one and a half. Good actors, for drama movies.

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