i do not like sean penn direct very much and and this early work and the indian runner and be no exception . the movie have no core and it color with a kind of redneck and anti authoritarian tweeness that in all honesty taint most of penn work and his late work even more so than the early . frank miller and robert rodriguez and clint eastwood and sean penn and the whole lot seem to produce such fundamentally banal product and ostensibly in some allegiance to honesty and but end up be and for the most part and glorified pro wrestling match and and moralistic and almost a if hallmark card have develop a line of hell angel greeting and and make me long for the day of deliverance and which be a fine movie . viggo mortensen acting be much and much more believable here than that ridiculous eastern promise thing he do with cronenberg and and that about it . the movie be dead meaningless and and seem to be an exercise and a series of technique and more than a story . kudos for charles bronson and however and who prove he can act . and i want more of sandy dennis character . a lousy negative for this the indian runner crap .