
Nine years after the Massacre of Wounded Knee, the Lakota people on Pine Ridge Reservation are on a precipice. Set amongst the stunning and unique beauty of the Badlands, West of Thunder sees a complex character, Henry Seed, arrive in a South Dakota town on the outskirts of the newly created reservation. When eerie and inexplicable events, closely akin to the horrors that had been visited upon the Lakota people in recent years, begin to occur in the western town, everything s... (Full plot summary below)
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Nine years after the Massacre of Wounded Knee, the Lakota people on Pine Ridge Reservation are on a precipice. Set amongst the stunning and unique beauty of the Badlands, West of Thunder sees a complex character, Henry Seed, arrive in a South Dakota town on the outskirts of the newly created reservation. When eerie and inexplicable events, closely akin to the horrors that had been visited upon the Lakota people in recent years, begin to occur in the western town, everything seems to point to the newest resident, Henry Seed. Questions abound as to whether Seed is some sort of supernatural demon seeking retribution and revenge or if there is a more simple explanation for each of the occurrences. While Seed's arrival may seem to have provided an opportunity for revenge for the Lakota, the respected Lakota spiritual leader, Little Thunder, has a more far-seeing response. As the Lakota people face and adapt to their new circumstances, Little Thunder envisions the consequences of taking the path of revenge or maintaining the integrity of their inclusive traditional values and the interconnected circles of all mankind.
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| Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenMany 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. |
| Village VoiceKristina BravoWest of Thunder is not a tedious watch at all. In fact, it is oddly absorbing, just not the way writer and star Dan Davies probably meant it to be. |
| User Reviewfrank wthis movie is AMAZING!!! i wish it was in major theatres everywhere so everyone could see it because it is such an eye-opening movie that really makes you think. it really touches on forgiveness and what happened in americas' past but was also heatfelt and was a joy to watch. |
| User ReviewMari RI have seen West of Thunder was Highly PLEASED with it. Not only doesn't show use a view not many people want to see of how we "whites" treated the Native Americans but it shows us the high road or turn the other check the Native Americans took and are still taking to this day. Even through it is a western the meaning behind the movie can be used in everyday life. I say go see it if you want a movie to open your eyes and heart to another way of treating MAN KIND. |
| User ReviewJake SSaw this film in Los Angeles this weekend. What an experience. It is utterly absorbing, and a great history lesson from the perspective of the Lakota tribe. |
| User ReviewNorweianStudBoyAlthough limited by its micro budget, West of Thunder is a great history lesson. It also reminds me of the Spaghetti westerns from Spain and Italy in the 1970s. Dan Davies as Mr. Seed gives a perfectly paced performance. |