A man from England is on a hunting expedition when he is captured by Native Americans. He is initially mistreated by them and they don't get along well. Eventually, he is accepted into their society, takes a bride and becomes a great leader.
This was on a list of Italian cannibal films, but it wasn't Italian and there were no cannibals. The 2 hour duration seemed to go by quickly because there was always something interesting happening that held my attention. The plot was copied in Last of the Mohicans, Dances with Wolves and Jeremiah Johnson. The main character and Batise were the most interesting folks in this. There wasn't much dialogue and most of the communication came to acting. I liked that there were no subtitles and the Native Americans spoke in their language. It puts the viewer in the same situation as the main character, not understanding what they say. Filming locations were picturesque and the Native American clothing all looked authentic. There were some creative camera shots like during the sun ritual and a composite of 2 people over a cut. All of the scenes looked like they had a warmer color balance to me. The audio was mixed correctly, but seemed to have been recorded a little hot because I could hear some distortion at times. This has a 6.9/10 on IMDB and 86% on Rotten Tomatoes for an average grade of C+ or 77%. I would agree with this. It was interesting and lots of stuff happened, but it wasn't anything special. I rate this adequate.
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