This film begins with five cowboys riding into a sleepy town somewhere in the Southwest and upon dismounting head to the local saloon. Once inside the leader of the group named "Max Dietrich" (James Russo) inquires about the location of a man named "Tom Hanner" (Michael Biehn) and upon finding out heads over to the local church. Its then that Max asks Tom to help him and his companions to find his brother and son who have disappeared a week ago somewhere in Indian Territory. Tom agrees and realizing that he must first get permission from the Tribal elders goes to see a woman by the name of "Sarah Taylor" (Lenore Andriel) who has won the trust and confidence of that specific tribe. But what neither Tom nor Sarah realize is that Max hasn't told them the entire truth and that selfless actions will soon have real consequences. Now rather than reveal the rest of the story I will just say that this turn out to be a rather typical Western film produced during this time period which consists of lesser known actors working within the framework of a rather thin and politically correct plot which makes heavy use of certain stereotypes. Not surprisingly, it isn't one of the better Westerns ever produced. It does, I suppose, have some entertaining value and for that reason I have rated it as just slightly below average.
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