Last of the Dogmen | | Cast : | Tom Berenger, Barbara Hershey | | Director : | Tab Murphy | | Studio : | Hbo Studios | | Format : | Color, Widescreen, Closed-captioned, Dolby | | Released Date : | September 08, 1995 | | DVD Released Date : | January 25, 2000 | | Language : | Unknown (Dubbed), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 01, 2005 | | Summary | Interesting movie that could have been better *spoilers* | Content
 | If only it were true. A tribe of Cheyenne manage to survive for a century deep in the American wilderness isolated from the rest of the world, all the while maintaining much of their traditional lifestyle. Thanks to Lewis Gates (Tom Berenger) that all could change. After three fugitives he's been hired to track down meet a mysterious death, he becomes convinced that there may actually be Indians out there. So along with Dr. Sloan (Barbara Hershey), an anthropologist who's devoted her life to the study of the Cheyenne, he sets out to find whatever is out there. And find it he does, and nearly gets killed because of it. However, presumably because Dr. Sloan can speak passable Cheyenne, they, unlike all of the other outsiders who have encroached on the Cheyenne's territory, are allowed to live. They become, therefore, witnesses to an unreal spectacle, a real and functioning traditional Indian village in modern America. But when Lewis Gates returns to civilization in order to obtain medication for an ailing Cheyenne, he obtains this medication in such a way that a posse is formed in order to track him down, and, just as importantly, find out what it is that he's out in the wilderness he's looking for. As such, something that he's come to value--the Cheyenne and their traditional ways--has potentially become compromised because of his 1) typical Anglo-European need to explore, investigate and understand the unknown, and 2) typical Anglo-European lack-of-concern-for-consequences problem-solving techniques. But, of course, everything does turn out right in the end.
Overall, Last of the Dogmen is an entertaining movie. My only real complaint is that more time should have been devoted to the Cheyenne village, and I think the lack of development of bonds between Lewis Gates and Dr. Sloan and the Cheyenne detracts somewhat from the movie.
Still, in the end, a movie very much worth seeing. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 17, 2005 | | Summary | Tom Berenger Shines | Content
| This is one of my favorite movies with Tom Berenger. The whole movie just shines with beautiful scenery and a plot that "feels" true. I can't recommend it enough for lover's of the Western Genre. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 20, 2005 | | Summary | Pretty Good | Content
| This was pretty good. Kinda like "Dances With Wolves", but not as intense. The emphasis is on emotion and character building, rather than action, so it can seem slow to adrenalin junkies (my mood swings both ways). Of course, the inevitable happens, but it is presented it in a positive mode. Decent family movie to discuss tolerance and okay movie for a date. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 20, 2005 | | Summary | Made me say "wow"! | Content
| After seeing some time ago on HBO, I decided to seek this movie out. After repeated viewings this movie has not lost its punch for me. Anyone I've shown it to has been similarly captivated by this fantasy. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 12, 2005 | | Summary | Last of the Dogmen | Content
| This movie is a one of a kind! I have never seen anything like it before. It's a movie my kids can even watch without the sensorship. I'm wondering why none of the actors didn't win any awards for this movie! |
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