A rancher gets involved with a Native American who is suspected of murdering a man. He also has to worry about his ranch.
Superficially, this has all the elements of a harmless family movie about inter-ethnic relations, with a positive attitude towards it. Underneath that appearance, there is a very problematic message: it implies that minorities who have been "oppressed" in the past, however distant that past is, are free to go about committing crimes. Every crime they commit would actually be an act of self defense. Well, this is obviously crazy (no society may thrive based on that principle), but it is a notion that is still present is the discourse of many leftwing activists today. In the film, this is heavily disguised by many diversions. To begin with, the individual in question is implied to be innocent, and have really acted in self defense. But that is irrelevant to his acquittal. What counts is a speech by an elderly Native American which conveys precisely the abovementioned leftwing message. Anyway, if one is willing to forgive this very evil concept, the film is watchable, though by a narrow margin.
Rating: 33
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