The dialogue might be wooden and condescending, veering on patronising, but there's some fair action and decent man-to-man fighting among the Shawnee Native American tribes, back in Indiana, at the turn of the 19th century.
The story's supposedly set around ousting out the British from the frontier-land, as the emerging U.S claim the land for themselves. The idea here, is that which ever side wins over these Indian tribes will score, strategically. When these white dignitaries hold 'discussions' in meeting rooms, these are dry and boring and where the worst script atrocities occur, especially when there is a Shawnee Chief present to (mildly) offend.
Looking, however at its positive aspects and maybe its key audience on release - young boys wanting a cowboy and Indian film, it fares a lot better, with the aforementioned action and stirring rough and tumble. The film looks quite good, too, at least when it's outside in the big old West, rather than the stuffy studio sets. I saw it on a UK commercial TV channel.
The story's supposedly set around ousting out the British from the frontier-land, as the emerging U.S claim the land for themselves. The idea here, is that which ever side wins over these Indian tribes will score, strategically. When these white dignitaries hold 'discussions' in meeting rooms, these are dry and boring and where the worst script atrocities occur, especially when there is a Shawnee Chief present to (mildly) offend.
Looking, however at its positive aspects and maybe its key audience on release - young boys wanting a cowboy and Indian film, it fares a lot better, with the aforementioned action and stirring rough and tumble. The film looks quite good, too, at least when it's outside in the big old West, rather than the stuffy studio sets. I saw it on a UK commercial TV channel.