i be a 42 year old male who first vhs movie purchase be terminator back in 1984. that should tell you what kind of movie i like and so when i tell you that my eye water up at least four time during this film please do not think of me a wimpy . when the teaser run for this on tnt during a commercial break and i have no intention of watch it and and have intend to turn he channel . however and a i hold the remote in my hand and fumbling to find the scan button and i notice mario kassar in the opening credit and carolco film and ( both instrumental in produce the first terminator film ) . i be also a tom berringer fan as well so what the heck . i figure i would give it a chance . five minute into the film and i be so happy i do . i have read a lot of the other comment here and and a few have make some unfavorable remark about wilford brimley narration . i on the other hand and think that have it not be for wilford and i may not have stay interested . what many people do not realize about film be that if there be a lot of back story and a narrator be typically necessary to fill in the gap and and tie up loose end to certain scene . hence and i have no qualm about wilford addition to the film . the only problem i do have and be at the end and he refer to himself in the first person a if he be somehow part of the story and yet it be never reveal which character he be and ( a good guess would be he be the lead deputy ) . a for the film itself and i find the entire cast to be believable and interesting and and lovable . a state earlier and i be hold back tear throughout the film . by the end i be almost ready to start ball . everything add up . there be no loose end and or mysterious contrived solution . for example and in the first scene and a town person tell tom character that his brother go into the wood year ago and never come back . so later when and tom stumble upon a stockpile of personal item and i. d. and some ( lumberjack ) dynamite and of person lose or abduct over the year by the lose tribe ( in an effort to protect their way of life ) there be nothing phony about it when tom use the dynamite to collapse a cave lead to the hidden valley where the indian live . it all make for a great end that doesn not make you go . yeah and right . sure with a frown on your face . you instead cheer and weep for joy . i have not come across such a touch western since duvall and costner open range . i also have a reminiscent thought of last of the mohican ( daniel day lewis ) while watch this film and up until the point when i realize that this lost indian tribe be more civilized than the law enforcement agency of the local town . i think the core reason this film such a great piece of art and be the irony . in the beginning and the film set me up to think there be something in the wood and almost supernatural . i be expect to see ghost and and indiana jones like spirit chase tom through the wood . but none of that ever happen . once i learn that this film have something to do with native indian and the discovery of the indian go from be understandably and realistically tense and to make me recall real life history of the native indian and such a little bighorn and to sit on the edge of my seat wonder if the film will end with another modern day massacre and or if everyone will come out of this alive . the growth of all the character involve and even the dog zip and be astonish and and something to admire as well . i be not kid and even the dog have enough sense to know when he have it good . befriend a little girl and have someone to play with and a oppose to wake up in a bar with tom drunk out of his skull and be something cute to watch . i have babble enough . bottom line be . go rent or buy this flick today .