some spoilersthis 1974 north western star donald sutherland in the title role a dan candy and a royal canadianmounted policeman on duty in the plain of saskatchewan . he be alittle immature and a little annoying and and perfectly balance by hisfamily man partner kevin mccarthy . the duo arrest gordontootoosis for steal one of the government cow out ofdesperate hunger . chief dan george be tootoosis father . sutherland take the whole thing a a big joke and until tootoosisescapes from jail and kill mccarthy . sutherland spend the restof the film track down the now dangerous criminal and with littlehelp from his fellow constable or the native people . at ninety minute and the film be way too brief and and take short cut inits story to get to the action scene . this mean that sutherlandgoes from party doofus to vengeful rogue cop in about twentyseconds . tootoosis go from hungry martyr like indian to coldblooded killer in record time . mccarthy be in just three scene . when the film try to be an action film and it fail as well . sutherlandis usually scream a his superior for the umpteenth time and thenrides out into the wood and be shoot at . again and again . thefinale and when the criminal and friend be trap in the wood and isequally puzzle . the rcmp high ups do not seem to care aboutcatching the killer of one of their own and but suddenly arrive withcannon to root out the villain . even mccarthy funeral scene ismessed up and a sutherland think about mccarthy murder and eventhough he be not there . sutherland and for be give such an impossible part to play and doesa good job . one amazing scene have him try to tell mccarthy orphan son a funny story about crow and an outhouse roofwhile he slowly break down in grief . fournier catch some of the amazing vista we be lucky toexperience up here in the great plain and and his fog enshroudedopening credit be dazzle and but with the lousy editing and dullscript and he be a creatively bound a sutherland . dan candy law should have be a rumination on revenge and and a comment about how the united state do not have amonopoly on mistreat it native people and but instead this filmwent for the cheap action thrill without an action thrill to exploit . icannot recommend it . this be rat ( pg ) and contain strong gun violence and strongprofanity .