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Wild Indian

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Decades after covering up his classmate's murder, Michael (Michael Greyeyes) has moved on from his reservation and fractured past. When a man who shares his violent secret seeks vengeance, Michael goes to great lengths to protect his new life with his wife (Kate Bosworth) and boss (Jesse Eisenberg) from the demons of his past.
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While Wild Indian might have benefited from a more probing approach to its themes, it's held together by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.'s skilled direction and a strong performance from lead Michael Greyeyes.

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Christina Newland iNews.co.uk 09/19/2024
3/5
Wild Indian is ostensibly a thriller, but it moves at a sedate pace, offering a queasy ambiguity about racial dynamics, generational trauma, and unique kinds of American reckoning with the past. Go to Full Review
Phil Hoad Guardian 10/25/2021
4/5
It feels as if director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr has created something new in his debut feature: a fascinatingly conflicted antihero of Ojibwe heritage who seems entirely distinct from previous Native American protagonists. Go to Full Review
Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News 09/04/2021
3/4
An undeniably bold and auspicious debut. Go to Full Review
Sarah Cortinaz InSession Film 04/23/2024
C
I have to respect Corbine for bringing together two very different subject matters. But when I hoped for more, there was none. And when he wanted me to feel, there was very little. Go to Full Review
Manuel São Bento MSB Reviews 07/24/2023
B-
Michael Greyeyes and Chaske Spencer take the viewers through a dark, emotional journey of understanding that life isn’t always fair and that making amends only works for people who can actually feel guilt or remorse. Go to Full Review
Mitchell Beaupre Awards Radar 09/22/2022
3.5/4
It’s challenging in the way that a Michael Haneke movie is challenging, where it gets to these core ideas of the darkness of human beings, and specifically here the bloodied soil that we’re all living on. Go to Full Review
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Katy H. @Setsukokate Jul 22 Again, another incredible performance done by Michael Greyeyes. Please give this man an Oscar! He’s absolutely incredible and needs to be in more films. See more P W 09/26/2022 Beautiful exploration of modern native american culture and one mans attempt to hide from his dangerous past - and present. See more wayne m 06/22/2022 WIld Indian is an interesting film, although I think an incomplete one. It has a very interesting premise but I felt lacked somewhat in execution. The film is set in two time periods. Firstly in Wisconsin in 1988 with two teenage Native American boys, Makwa and Teddo. Makwa is bullied at home and school and when a situation develops into tragedy they have to make life changing decisions. Most of the film is set in the present day as the we follow the boys that are now grown men. They have gone in different directions to how you might have expected and they now have to deal with actions from the past. The film is an interesting one but I felt it was overwritten and acted in parts and felt stilted at times. Potentially a good film but one that didn't quite deliver. See more 02/22/2022 If there ever was a film that made me crave for more than I got...it's this one. "Wild Indian" is about Michael, a Native American who left his reservation years ago. He also leaves the knowledge that he helped cover up a murder years earlier. Time catches up, however, as the actual killer is released from prison. Michael takes matters into his own hands to keep the secret. I feel like this story needed a more fleshed out resolution. Maybe a longer movie would have brought the needed depth. Some good performances, but I wanted more. See more 02/11/2022 Interesting premise, but some parts of the story dragged along. See more dave d 12/29/2021 An ambitious , but ultimately frustrating debut from Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr., 'Wild Indian' had big promise before a third act left turn derailed its momentum. This is such a good premise that the fact Corbine Jr. couldn't stick the landing may not bother everyone as it did me. There are so many elements that work, but in the end I'm curious what the extended cut looks like. At only 90 minutes, there should have been more meat on the bone. Native Americans are underrepresented in Hollywood and it's too bad. Fantastic performance from Michael Greyeyes, who we need to see more of. If you're tuning in for Jesse Eisenberg, don't bother. He has nothing to do and is in only a few quick scenes. You have to wonder how much of his work ended up on the cutting room floor. Final Score: 5/10 See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Decades after covering up his classmate's murder, Michael (Michael Greyeyes) has moved on from his reservation and fractured past. When a man who shares his violent secret seeks vengeance, Michael goes to great lengths to protect his new life with his wife (Kate Bosworth) and boss (Jesse Eisenberg) from the demons of his past.
Director
Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.
Producer
Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr., Thomas Mahoney, Eric Tavitian
Screenwriter
Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.
Distributor
Vertical Entertainment
Production Co
Grey Hour Production Services, Logical Pictures, Thunderbird Films, Cinereach, Pureplay Entertainment, BoulderLight Pictures, MM2 Entertainment, 30West
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 3, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 3, 2021
Runtime
1h 30m
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