- Also Known As:
- Unknown
- Year:
- 1973
- Country:
- Predominant Genre:
- Crime
- Author(s)/Director(s):
- James William Guercio
- Outstanding Performance(s):
- Robert BLAKE
- Premiss:
- A short motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit.
- Theme(s):
- Alienation
- Christianity
- Compassion
- Destiny
- Empathy
- Friendship
- Humanity
- Identity
- Loneliness
- Loyalty
- Mercy
- Narcissism
- Personal change
- Self-expression
- Snobbery
- Solipsism
- Stereotyping
- White culture
- White supremacy
- Similar (in Plot, Theme or Style) to:
- Easy Rider
- Review Format:
- DVD
A kind of flip side to Easy Rider from the point-of-view of the police.
Here corruption is endemic as an emotionally-repressed way of life - past its sell-by date - begins to crack from the hippie drug culture onslaught.
The impotence of many police officers comes from a well justified feeling that they are not popular or doing a worthwhile job even if they were. That judging suspects by appearance is more important than by the evidence.
The performances are impeccable and the feeling of this being a modern day Western is well contrived.
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