This films essentially begins with a man by the name of "Tom Hunter" (Peter Fonda) returning to his old home back in Arkansas after being gone for several years. With him is his young son "Dylan Hunter" (Gino Franco) who has been given permission by his mother to accompany him. Naturally, having been gone for such a long time, Tom's father "Jeff Hunter" (John Doucette), is delighted to welcome him back. Unfortunately, things have changed over the years and it soon becomes apparent that a greedy land developer named "Pierce Crabtree" (Philip Carey) has become determined to possess all of the land in the area--and he will stop at nothing to get it. To that effect, he even hires some men to kill Tom's brother "Charley Hunter" (Scott Glenn) and his wife "Carolee Hunter" (Kathleen Miller) in order to stop a lawsuit against him. So, when Jeff Hunter and the rest of the citizens in the area continue to resist, he becomes even more dangerous from that point on. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that, although I initially had high hopes for this movie, I was somewhat disappointed with it overall as it lacked the intense drama necessary for a film of this type. I don't know, everything just seemed a bit too methodical from the beginning to the very end. Be that as it may, while I don't consider this to be a bad movie by any means, I just couldn't get all that interested in it and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.
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