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Good drama/action/historical movie. I was impressed by the dedication, perseverance, and patience of Montford, and how it pays off in the long run. As opposed to Dodgeball (the underdog reference), this is actually based on a true story, which I didn't know beforehand but confirmed with some google-ing.

Based on a true story of how some Native Americans became successful cattle ranchers in 19th century Oklahoma in spite of hatred and violence directed towards them. Entertaining and interesting.

It's watchable. There's just enough good to slightly outweigh the bad. It's a passable ride

It's a bit melodramatic, the acting is inconsistent, the direction is not very good, the dialogue is anachronistc, but the story (true) is good, the cinematography is good, and it's an ok way to kill some time. I'm retired. I do that.

The ending is unsatisfying. If you're going to present a character in such a way that you're meant to HATE them, want them to suffer a slow death, etc., then show his comeuppance. There are a couple characters that need killin, but it's only insinuated that they get theirs.

It's not a multiple watch deal. I've seen Shawshank 7 million times. This isn't Ike that.

I read the history page for Montford T. Johnson, so that is all I know of the real character. However, the film was educational and enjoyable on a few levels, including as a history lesson and a better depiction of how black and red people interacted during those times, which is rarely seen accurately. Jim Crow changed a lot of relationships, but that was much later after reconstruction. The relationships between black, white and red people were often intertwined, and this film showed that well.

Because it was low budget, and possibly because they owed the actors the right to participate, some of the casting was really off and amateurish, like the hateful soldier, but I could look past that to understand the man better. The script could use a rewrite, but again, low budget.

One thing that was not shown, and that as in the history page for OK, was that Montford was sickly most of his life, which makes his accomplishments even more amazing! I'm grateful this was made so we can have a better view of our country and how it actually operated.

"Raised by my mother's people, my sister and I struggled to survive in two worlds. That of the Chickasaw who understood the richness and beauty of this new land, and that of the white man, whose greed brought nothing but death and destruction" How accurate, I give it a 10/10 just for this quote alone!

When European settlers arrived in the Americas there were close to 11 million Native Americans living here. By 1900, almost every tribe was wiped out. Their population was reduced to under 300,000. Native Americans were subjected to many different forms of violence, all with the intention of destroying them and stealing their land! This violence was based on white supremacy. I'm glad they finally were able to kill that arrogant pos Custer who was responsible for killing many women, children and elderly Natives. He got what he deserved!

7.4 stars.

I've seen a lot of similar movies, but this one has its share of unique qualities. It's the story of a half English, half Chickasaw man in southeastern United States in the 1840s. He has to fend for himself after his father leaves while he's very young. His mother is a Chickasaw and he has a younger sister as well.

As the story goes, Montford has enemies due to no fault of his own, simply because he's a half native. There is one particular foe who holds a grudge for many years, for no apparent reason. Now it's the 1860s, and the main problem with this enemy is that he's a union soldier and a questionable fella. Another adversary is an Indian hunter who has been tracking and threatening him and his family.

The movie is full of western gunfights and adventure (though it's not actually set in the west). The action and thrills are abundant enough, not too much, which I prefer. Without balance it's just another John Wayne shoot-'em-up, which has little substance. This film does not lack in substance.

The negatives are lack of continuity, primarily plot holes-huge ones that we can't ignore. These holes are a major downside to the flow and cohesion of the narrative. Sometimes years pass without plausible segues and crucial characters come and go without background or warning. The sister and mother are seemingly out of the picture for a decade or more, only to show up as if they've been there all along. His son grows up to be a teenager or even early twenties, yet nobody else has aged. It has poor production flaws, but at least the majority of it is good.

I think this an accurate portrayal of a historical figure. It is nice to watch an unabridged story. The pain Montford and his family endured was hard to watch at times. I saw many Native American people that I recognized from around the area in the movie.

Story was excellent. This was not a Marvel Universe level budget so with that in mind it was about the story and the acting. I enjoyed the story very much and appreciated the work of all the actors. Very much a feel-good story that accurately depicts some of the obstacles Native Americans dealt with during those times.

The basic story about Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher is an exciting tale from the time when the West still was so called wild and there was a frontier to conquer. Typically and necessarily there are rustlers and indians involved, but this is based on true historical events about Montford Johnson, an influential half indigenous pioneer, his family, neighbours, friends and their struggles. The setting should be right for a thrilling and epic drama, but due to several factors the creators fail to realise its intensions. First of all it's hard to fully believe in the characters, like with Martin Senmeiser in the main role. Compared to the real Montford he's just too Hollywood handsome, and together with several of the cast, he neither looks like a poor starving and extremely hard working rancher in the 1870's. Many simply appear as modern people dressed up in oldstyle gear. Moreover, even though the villains got better and more dirty makeup, their wickedness is clearly exagerrated and there's an obvious overacting. Generally the performances aren't very impressive. However, there is an important sidestory, and letting the conflict between the indigenous peoples, settlers and the US Army have a more indirect role, where historical events and characters merely pass by as news, or certain people are coincidentally included as the storyline moves on. This may have a good intention, but even a crucial setting fundamental for the final is barely given any focus. Also, like with some peculiar timeholes in the basic plot, basic connections are't worked through well enough, and we never get to know the characters. Maybe this would be better off as a mini series, or at least a film longer than 95 minutes. A more creative building of characters, where the historical context got a more direct and intensional interplay, together with a more thorough screenplay and editing plan, this could have been a good historical western.

I loved it. I am sure it truly shows what it was truly like. No inappropriate scenes, so you get kids can watch, well there is some killing but it's not gory. I will definitely watch it again and again.

In the first half, this bad screenplay (instantly discernable by its overuse of narration) would have made a fair Radio play had it been written 80 years ago. Unable to convey information and emotion through dialog and imagery, they reduced an inspiring story to a poorly executed TV drama.

You can create great films with low budgets, poor writing, bad direction or editing but seldom do you find a video play lacking in all of these.

The last half is like a different production. The awful narration ends, the actors find their rhythm, as the pace picks up, and the story is allowed to blossom, capturing one's imagination.

So, maybe it was just a lack of time and money after all.

Once again a true story on how bad the Native Americans were treated. 10/10 for sheer guts and being real to life.

Sadly things and attitudes have not changed enough even today.

A "true story" where the Natives just love love the Confederates and the Union is the bad guy? And we are supposed to believe the Confederate soldiers are all prejudice free and hanging out with free Blacks also?

Obviously written by someone based on revisionist neo Confederate nonsense. The screenwriter doesn't have a single other writing credit. Some of the other reviews point to the poor writing also.

In real life most of the Natives who "took" the Confederate side were drafted. The Native leaders were often slaveowners, but the other 90% weren't. And Native soldiers deserted the Confederates en masse and joined the Union Army given the first chance at the Battle of Pea Ridge.

The later parts of the film are more accurate and better written, more confident in their story.

The story is very interesting. Pretty incredible what he was able to accomplish in his life. Scenery was great and the outfits. Some of the scenes didn't go off quite as well as I think they wanted it to, felt kinda cheesey. Overall, pretty good.

The writing was bad, the acting was ok, the dialogue was not old west, the music was off, and the costumes didn't fit. This was a western that seemed to lack understanding of what the old west was like. They used words from our language today like "Academy". And his wife was like a Karen in today's society. It just didn't seem to fit together and I finally got annoyed and turned it off.

This is one of the best emotional True to life and spectacular movies I have ever seen! You need to watch this movie! You will not regret it and we'll leave inspiration in your heart.

The acting is not good. The story is a good one . Just waste of time. There are better stories and better actings out there. Did not feel Western movie at all .

I wasn't aware that this movie was based on a true story. When my husband and I first started watching it, I was more that a little skeptical and doubted that I would keep watching it. However it didn't take long before the story and actors caught my attention. The story moved along slowly at first, but then it started flowing and there was more action. There were some surprises and a family who was 2nd cousins to the main characters arrived at their ranch. At first it seemed like they would be a diversion to the goal of the main characters or perhaps some comic relief, but this new family soon showed their worth in helping their new family fight the enemy and help to save their home. The fact that this actually happened made the movie much more touching and relevant. It is hard to imagine the things the first people who came to live a free life in America faced such problems and hardships. I would watch it againoiij.

The acting just isn't up to par. The writing no better. How many shots are fired and not a single person ever hit? I wound up fast forwarding through about 45 mins of the movie. Very slow and annoying. It isn't really worth the watch. I didn't enjoy this over dramatic, over acted mess of a movie. They tried to make so many lines deep and heart felt. It fell very flat. Yeah, just watched the last 10 mins and that was just as horrible. The music was off and didn't match the movie either.

Finally!!!! A movie comes out of Hollywood (?) with some quality and historical entertainment. After years of filth and perverted mess, it's good to finally see a movie worth your hard earned money.

This is a magnificent true story portrayed by some excellent actors and filmed with a beautiful story line.

What makes it really good, is the entire family can enjoy it and learn about some history involving the struggles during the late 1800's.

For the producers and directors, you should be commended for making a movie with integrity and view-ability for the entire family... something Hollywood should take note of and start offering some films that are wholesome.

We will watch this movie again!