User Reviews

I rented this movie primarily because of the title. I wanted my son, who is in a nursing home, to see an "action picture." It is that, but "Cheyenne Warrior" is so much more. Like a great book you are reading, you hate for it to end.

The actors: Frankly I had never heard of Pato Hoffman and Kelly Preston before this movie. Preston grew on me. At first I thought of her as a wimpy, spoiled women. I finally realized her acting was so strong that I missed the whole point she was making. Later, I found her to be one of the most desirable women I have ever seen on the screen. She is so much more alluring (want to say desirable) than Monroe ever was. As for Hoffman: What a man! He can "say" more with a look than a thousand pages of dialog. What an actor!

The love story: I wanted the story to go on and on--you are left with a desire for more. Yet, it had to end. Their liaison was doomed from the start--each carried too much of their own cultures to make it together.

Back to the action: The scenes where there is what we used to call "gun play" were exceedingly well done. Above that, unless you knew about the Henry rifle, you could not fully appreciated what a great weapon the Henry was. If the South had about 10,000 Henrys, the whole history of the United States would likely have been much different. Or if Custer's men had the Henry, that story could have ended differently.

It is rather trite to say, but "DON'T MISS THIS ONE."

This is a really sad film while also being a love story. It was really too bad that Mr. Barkley got killed too early though. He was a real heck of a character because he truly cared about his Cheyenne friends. He liked them a lot as the feeling was mutual in return. It's also too bad that Mr. Carver didn't see things that way. He chose not to see the good things about Natives, only the bad! I personally think his hatred for them cost him his own life. He should not have gone out to warn those other white buffalo-killing losers that the Indians were after them. He should have simply stayed put with his wife since she was pregnant with his baby! But this was a good film throughout. Native power prevailed in the end like it should have since Mrs. Carver and the Cheyenne warrior could not have lived together in his village.

Anyways .... it's a 9 out of 10 for this one.

A beautiful story of the love that developed between and man and woman of vastly different cultures, who were not willing to extend their love to include living as an oddball in the other's culture. The film begins with 3 Cheyenne looking over a scene of slaughtered bison. Their hides are gone, but their meat was left to rot. They are very angry that whites continue to slaughter bison for limited use. We meet the hunters at Barkley's trading post. A young married couple(Kelly Preston as Rebecca (Becky) and C.E. Powell as Mathew Carver)showed up at the trading post shortly before the hunters. They are on their way to Oregon, and are looking for a replacement horse for their lame horse, helping to pull their small wagon. They started out late in the traveling season, as Mathew had to disappear, being a Confederate deserter. Unfortunately, no more wagon trains were scheduled for that year, so they set out alone, which made them much more vulnerable to attack from thieves and Aboriginal Americans. The hunters admired Mathew's Henry repeating rifle, but he wouldn't part with it. After the hunters left, 3 Cheyenne who had been trailing them showed at the trading post. They were told which direction the hunters had gone in, so they resumed trailing them. Mathew, who distrusted Aboriginal Americans, rode off hoping to find the hunters before the Cheyenne did. This he did, but it cost his life when one shot him for his Henry rifle. Soon, the Cheyenne showed up and there was an exchange of bullets and arrows. Two Cheyenne lay dead, as did one of the hunters: finished off by his partner. One Cheyenne, a chief named Hawk, lay badly wounded. It's a wonder the hunter didn't finish him off, but he had what he wanted: the Henry rifle. Luckily, Barkley came out to investigate, and found Hawk wounded, taking him back(somehow?) to his trading post. Meanwhile, the hunter had already gone back to the trading post to give Mathew's body for burial and to hopefully take over Becky as his woman. But Barkley, when he returns, has something to say about that, and gets shot dead for his trouble. Now, Becky has to fend off the hunter by herself. She puts up a fierce resistance, and apparently knifes him dead. Now, she has 3 bodies to bury, and a badly injured Cheyenne on her hands to try to mend. It takes some days, but he eventually recovers.

I will end my partial summary here, well before the finale. I invite you to see the film to find out what other challenges they face and how they grow together, after a traumatic beginning. Presently, available on You Tube.

Kelly Preston was great and sexy, without trying to be. Pato Hoffmann was good as Hawk, as was Dan Haggerty as Barkley. Clint Howard and Otto Neilson had the thankless job of portraying the villainous Bison hunters. The Pawnees, who showed up a time or two, were the other main adversaries. I noticed that the Cheyenne midwife had Becky sit up during her birth process, rather than lay down. I am told that Aboriginal Americans typically give birth in a squatting position, letting gravity do much of the work. Sounds sensible!

I will say that this story has some relevance to myself. I married a girl form a very different culture, far on the other side of the globe. In addition, our ages are very different. Nonetheless, we have been together 28 years, and Esther has adapted well to her new culture. I spent a few years living in her culture, but didn't want to spend the rest of my life there.