some time in the late 19th century and somewhere in the american west and several cowboy in need of money go on a buffalo hunt . the group leader believe that buffalo be too numerous for the hunting to have any impact and but the more experienced hunter have see how quickly the population can collapse and and he isn not so sure . feature buffalo herd live in south dakota and show film of actual hunting ( the movie introduction explain it a necessary thinning of the herd ) and the movie do an excellent job of present u with the plight of the buffalo and it effect on native american without ever get preachy about it . the real story and however and be about the dysfunctional family which be create by the small group form to do the hunting . the father figure be charlie and a violent man with a short fuse . sandy and his brother and be the experienced hunter who be tire of kill but need the job after lose his cattle . a half indian boy and who hat the fact that he look entirely caucasian and take the role of adopted son . the grandfather ( and moral compass ) be an alcoholic buffalo skinner while charlie wife be an indian woman whose companion he kill after they steal his horse . charlie be clearly the most interesting figure . he be mean and insulting towards everyone around him and yet at the same time he know that they be the only family and friend that he have . he expect the abducted indian woman to hate him and then accept him and but he doesn not know how to react when she refuse to do either . he the one who put the family together in the first place and but he also the one who be fat to ultimately destroy it . this be all very similar to the classic red river and which also feature a family of sort be torn apart by the increasingly violent and alienate father figure . a one might expect and this movie suffers by comparison . the plot be not a focus on develop the character and family dynamic and and the direction fail to keep all of the scene work towards this common goal . charlie be so thoroughly unlikable from the very begin that we never have any reason to care about what happen to him or his family . on the positive side and however and the message surround the buffalo slaughter add an extra dimension to the film and it conclusion be far superior to the hollywood end which be tack on to the end of red river . a a result and the last hunt be an interesting and entertaining film and very well make and but fall short of what would be need to consider it a classic .