Back in 1990, Kevin Costner created Dances with Wolves, a marvel of history and visual beauty. I loved Wolves so much I have since watched it at least ten times. So I am a fan of the Old West White Man-Gets-to-Know-Indian genre.In 1995, Tom Berenger and Barbara Hershey tried to bring a similar tale to life. While lacking the scope and cinematic oomph of Wolves, Last of the Dogmen is a solid film, except for a few weak moments that require editing.
The story takes place today: In the rugged mountains of Montana, a bounty hunter goes where no one else has ventured. There, he sees images in a haze and witnesses events that make him believe that a long-lost tribe of Cheyenne Indians lives as they did a hundred years ago!
No spoiler, as usual, but I should say that we must do a little suspension of disbelief to get into the movie. Could there be a land so desolate and remote that Indians still survive? Could a tribe thrive in the wild separate from current civilization? What if Indians from the 1800's had decided never to integrate into American life and live alone shunning the outer world?
Tom Berenger and Barbara Hershey, both still young and striking, make a handsome romantic couple on the prowl for the lost civilization. He's a rugged mountain man and she's an anthropologist. Both seek answers to feelings of emptiness in their lives.
Okay, don't laugh. This one is rather gripping. Remove one stupid scene of Berenger on a horse riding through town and you've got a very unusual, interesting flick.
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