Last Of The Dogmen (1995)

A bounty hunter (Tom Berenger) is hired to track down three escaped convicts in an unknown part of the Rockies where no white man has ever returned from. He never finds the bodies of the convicts, only the signs of a struggle and an arrow. With the help of an expert (Barbara Hershey) in Native American culture, they set out in search of a mystery involving a Cheyenne tribe massacred a 100 years prior and what they find is astonishing. Directed by Tab Murphy, a screenwriter (GORILLAS IN THE MIST) whose only feature film this is. I love the premise of the film and though what we get is good enough, I still wish it were better. If it were, this might have been a classic of its kind. The main problem are the two protagonists who are cliched characters: the rough mountain man lone wolf (Berenger) and the independent career woman (Hershey) who has no time for romance. The dialog they're given is uninspired to say the least. The wide screen cinematography courtesy of Karl Walter Lindenlaub (PRINCESS DIARIES) is eye candy and makes excellent use of the Canadian and Mexican exteriors. With Kurtwood Smith and Parley Baer.