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Sep 20, 2012 · Set in South Dakota near the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation in 1899, nine years after the Massacre of Wounded Knee, the film “West of Thunder” is a strangely earnest revenge picture, a ...
- mark.olsen@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Henry Seed, a mysterious stranger, visits a town in South Dakota in 1899, where atrocities are committed against the Lakota people. Little Thunder, the tribe's spiritual leader, considers whether...
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- Jody Marriott Bar-Lev, Steve Russell
- Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Western
Sep 28, 2012 · 1 h 25 m. Summary South Dakota 1899…When a mysterious stranger, Henry Seed, visits a small town on the outskirts of the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation he brings with him a terrible resolve.
- Jody Marriott Bar-Lev, Steve Russell
- Dan Davies
Details. Showing 2 Critic Reviews. 60. Los Angeles Times. Sep 25, 2012. Many of the performers have a distinctly unpolished way about them, almost as if they actually were turn-of-the-last-century townsfolk, which leads to some deeply eccentric line readings, but it also gives the entire film an unvarnished quality that remains curiously engaging.
Jun 24, 2023 · Set against the backdrop of South Dakota in 1899, West of Thunder tells the story of a mysterious stranger who visits a small town on the outskirts of the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation. His name is Henry Seed and he is driven by a singular purpose: to take revenge on residents who took part in the slaughter and forced removal of the Lakota ...
TOP CRITIC. [It has] an unvarnished quality that remains curiously engaging. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 20, 2012. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted...
In his review of the film for the Los Angeles Times Mark Olsen wrote: "... "West of Thunder" is a strangely earnest revenge picture, a kindhearted Western with its fair share of killing. ... Directed by Jody Marriott Bar-Lev (also a co-writer) and Steve Russell (also co-cinematographer with John Stanier), the film feels not so much amateurish ...
