The Last Manhunt

Original, low-budget Native American true-tale period-drama "The Last Manhunt" features some stunning Christian Camargo direction, yet is hamstrung by Thomas Pa'a Sibbett's sluggish & oft confused screenplay. In 1909 when Chemehuevi tribe teen Martin Sensmeier accidentally shoots dead Zahn McClarnon (disapproving dad of his gf Mainei Kinimaka) he & she hide out in the Joshua Tree desert as a bickering posse of regular & Native American po-po (inc Carmago, Raoul Max Trujillo, Brandon Oakes & Jason Momoa (in minor support)) hunts them. More sedate & less tense than it coulda / shoulda been it is interesting, but it's ultimately also disappointing.

Sun Dust Stones... And a snake... it bites... and 2 Indians who don't know how to handle a snake bite... really'??? And one of the indian hunters aims to sharp shoot the hunted indian, but he was elswhere, looking for medecine. The hunter could not differentiate a man in shirt, pants and boots from a woman in long white dress. Oh come on, what is the IQ of the writers to think we can accept .. For the sake of dramatization, but very poorly staged. Take some lessons with Tarantino. Or were they really that primitive a century ago? Stupid people reacting stupid talking stupid. Once in a while an intelligent dialogue. The acting is so poor, so wrong, meaningless, so flat, without tone and originality. I liked the landscape. But then again, why was it shot in 4/3 aspect ratio? Landscape is supposed to be large, not in the form of a portrait. So much decisions in this movie are wrong, or bad, and if they wanted to tell the story of Willie Boy to give him credit, they did it in the most disrespectful way... If I was Willie Boy, I would haunt them the rest of their life! The only merit of a bad movie is that it makes me do some research, now I need to watch the old classic with Robert Redford. Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here. Hopefully it will erase the bad memory this film has brought to me about Willie Boy and Carlota.

I can understand some of the other reviews if this is the first time you've heard of Willie Boy. First of all the scenery alone was awesome and genuine. Having lived by Gilman Ranch and hearing of Willie Boy in 1991, reading Mr. Lawton's book, then watching the previous movie, it was so refreshing to see this story told from a native point of view. I appreciated the fact the characters were not based on fiction but on what limited facts have survived, even if that hindered character development. I would trust oral histories passed down through generations before news reporters concocting yet another fairy tale. It's about time!

I was a little confused at first because I didn't recognise the format or genre but gradually as the film played out I began to see it's meaning. We have grown accustomed to many stereotypes in Westerns and I'm always looking for films that try to portray a more realistic narrative. There are some fairly decent performances in this film and the simple story is reasonably well told but of course some of the actors based their performances on fiction instead of reality which distracts from the overall experience. However this does tend to work in concept and I can see why it was tolerated. It's not easy to develop character profiles without recognisable stereotypes but it would be possible with a good director and better script. Without a little artistic license this wouldn't be much of a story and certainly not worth making a film of, there is one sentence in text at the beginning and another sentence at the end and that is what the whole film is based around. Not a blockbuster, more of a curiosity but worth watching in it's own right.

Wow, this movie is amazing if you want to fall asleep or simply want some white noise on when doing laundry. As far as plot/writing goes it is pretty much terrible. Also, I am SO tired of Jason Momoa in movies these days. I feel that he is a few years away from becoming what Bruce Willis ended up being, actor-wise, in the past 5-10 years or so. I'd give this one a BIG wide pass. Wow, this movie is amazing if you want to fall asleep or simply want some white noise on when doing laundry. As far as plot/writing goes it is pretty much terrible. Also, I am SO tired of Jason Momoa in movies these days. I feel that he is a few years away from becoming what Bruce Willis ended up being, actor-wise, in the past 5-10 years or so. I'd give this one a BIG wide pass.

Not a single character in the movie that I cared about except one that got shot a few minutes in. Might be based on a true story, but if so, that's too bad. Wanted to like it, but just nothing to care about here. Great scenery, but that's about it. I like some of the actors in the movie, just not in these roles. If you want to watch a bunch of insipid characters wander around in the desert without a clue then this is the perfect move for that. I will probably go read up on the "true story" this movie was based on, just to see if that had any better information. If this was supposed to make the sheriff and posse look like they shouldn't nave been allowed outside without supervision then they succeeded. If it was supposed to make me care, it missed.

The Last Manhunt, supposedly based on a true story is an extremely boring movie. The slow pace for sure didn't help making it interesting to watch. Jason Momoa wrote the story. Can someone please tell him to stop writing? Because if that's what he's going to write in the future he'd better stop immediately. He's also supposed to act in this monstrosity but his screen time is about two minutes and his lines could be remembered by a five year old. He's just a poster filler trying to attract people in watching this movie. Another poster name was Zahn McClarnon, an actor that plays in every western where they need an indian, dies after five minutes. He's normally a decent actor but here he's just another bait. The only good thing about this movie is the scenery, you get to see desert images and joshua trees, that's about it. All the rest is garbage. Avoid at all costs.

Well 8 bc i liked the movie but i felt something is missing. Maybe a bit more action or more dialogue with boy's grandma or with tribe? As a European, I enjoyed it. Desert, native Americans, cowboys are unfamiliar for us so western movies are pretty interesting. The scenery was amazing, the movie is slow with few dialogs but its ok for me. Its western. The cast was solid and I liked the atmospheric scenes too. Jason had only 3 scenes indeed but I didn't mind that either. We need more movies like this. This movie hasn't much action so I recommend to people who want to watch a beautiful /dramatic story......

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Sun Dust Stones... And a snake... it bites... and 2 Indians who don't know how to handle a snake bite... really'??? And one of the indian hunters aims to sharp shoot the hunted indian, but he was elswhere, looking for medecine. The hunter could not differentiate a man in shirt, pants and boots from a woman in long white dress. Oh come on, what is the IQ of the writers to think we can accept .. For the sake of dramatization, but very poorly staged. Take some lessons with Tarantino. Or were they really that primitive a century ago? Stupid people reacting stupid talking stupid. Once in a while an intelligent dialogue. The acting is so poor, so wrong, meaningless, so flat, without tone and originality. I liked the landscape. But then again, why was it shot in 4/3 aspect ratio? Landscape is supposed to be large, not in the form of a portrait. So much decisions in this movie are wrong, or bad, and if they wanted to tell the story of Willie Boy to give him credit, they did it in the most disrespectful way... If I was Willie Boy, I would haunt them the rest of their life! The only merit of a bad movie is that it makes me do some research, now I need to watch the old classic with Robert Redford. Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here. Hopefully it will erase the bad memory this film has brought to me about Willie Boy and Carlota.