A shapeless mess of a truncated epic, this painfully careful account of the siege and defeat of the ragtag forces defending a fortified San Antonio mission complex whose symbolic importance far outstripped its intrinsic value tries to be all things to all people and winds up a tedious muddle. 1836: An amalgamation of Anglo settlers and long-time Tejano residents of the Texas territory is loosely united by shared dislike of the centralized Mexican government under the iron rule of military hero Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (played as a moustache-twirling popinjay by Emilio Echevarria). Hard-drinking, former Tennessee governor Sam Houston (Dennis Quaid), a tireless boos...
Released:
2004
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
137 mins