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Thunderheart

1992

Michael Apted

Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward ...

5.5

1,542

Thriller. Mystery Agent Ray Levoi (Val Kilmer) buried his Native American heritage with the body of his drunken father. Raised by his white mother and stepfather, he becomes a gung-ho federal agent who never questions the authority of the U.S. government. Then Levoi finds himself in a real-life version of "cowboys and Indians" when the FBI moves onto a South Dakota reservation to apprehend a fugitive. Once in the community, the agent uncovers a plot to ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"What's most absorbing about 'Thunderheart' is its sense of place and time. Apted makes documentaries (...) at the end there is a sense of rightness in the way everything turns out (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Kilmer and Shepard give strong performances -- though Greene steals the show -- and Roger Deakins's camera sweeps breathtakingly across the Badlands. What's missing is a sense of purpose."	NEU
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Though the film has a tendency to take itself too seriously, it is enlivened by some appealing acting and vivid camerawork"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"A film this intent on authenticity might easily grow dull, but this one doesn't; Mr. Apted is a skillful storyteller."	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle	"'Thunderheart' unravels after the first hour and continues unraveling until it chokes itself. The movie's complicated story, involving the FBI, the government, and the feuding tribal factions, is impossible to sort through"	NEU
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"Reasonably engrossing as a mystery-thriller despite its overburdened plot"	POS

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