I'm not going to comment on the production values, or lack thereof. I am going to point out that this film creates a caricature of history, with completely simplistic, wildly over-the-top portrayals of both sides. Director Christopher Cain has the temerity to tell us that this is a morality tale we shouldn't miss, because it points out the awful dangers of inflexible belief, and of painting people in only black and white? Gee, that's exactly what he was guilty of doing with this movie! It would be nice to get some depth from Hollywood. Not all the time; the action/adventure flicks won't ever rise above simplistic good and evil battles, and that's OK for what they are. But movies that are supposedly intended to move and to teach us, ought to be honest and ought to be three dimensional. That's where this movie fails.
Review of September Dawn
