Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Harrison Lowe | ... | Roman George |
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James Dalgam | ... | Bister |
Adam Beach | ... | Jim Chee | |
Saginaw Grant | ... | Wilson Sam | |
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Nicholas Bartolo | ... | Tommy Nakai |
Jon Proudstar | ... | Davis Nakai | |
Misty Upham | ... | Nina | |
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Drew Lacafa | ... | Bobby |
Sheila Tousey | ... | Emma Leaphorn | |
Wes Studi | ... | Lt. Joe Leaphorn | |
Apesanahkwat | ... | Capt. Butler | |
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Marla Frumkin | ... | German woman (as Marla Finn) |
Michael Greyeyes | ... | Dr. Stone | |
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Ryan Polequaptewa | ... | Lonnie Mack |
Noah Watts | ... | Ruben Maze |
Faced with the murder of three medicine men, Navajo police must find the culprit. That the murders appear to be the work of a Skinwalker, or bad medicine man, complicate and illuminate the detective's work. Written by robert_chambers@juno.com
Movies in sub-cultural settings become exceptional when you quickly forget that it is, in fact, a sub-culture. Within minutes of the opening scenes of "Skinwalkers", I no longer dwelt upon the thought that a murder movie on an Indian Reservation is an unusual setting and, instead, focused on the murder mystery itself. In this sense, it reminds me of "Barbershop" (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0303714) in its ability to portray a particular sub-culture in America without actually dwelling on the differences between that sub-culture and America as a whole.
In other words, these movies become successful when you are drawn into the story so deeply that you realise that the sub-culture is as much a world in its own right as the so-called "majority" of America.
I would love to see this film turned into a weekly series. There's certainly enough potential depth of storylines to allow that.