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The Alamo 137 minutes, USA (2004), 12A
Average user rating (3.4 / 43 votes)

A small band of Texan soldiers try to defend Fort Alamo from the entire Mexican army. Re-enactment of the famous siege starring Billy Bob Thornton and Dennis Quaid

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The Alamo: One of America's foremost folk stories, the siege of the Alamo is a problematic tale to recount. John Wayne proved as much in 1960 when he turned the infamous battle into a mawkish celebration of the American republic.

Arguably a loaded subject in the current political climate, The Alamo proved problematic at the domestic box office...
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