Review of Fierce People (2006) by Taimania T — 28 Nov 2013

This movie is hard to rate but worth a watch. The relationship between Anton Yelchin, Donald Sutherland and Diane Lane's characters were the central story and a good one. The anthropology association about the "fierce" tribe for coming of age is really great (and strange that it's original if you think about it) The downside are the side plots, which I understand had to happen to reinforce the movie's message "From bad things come the good" however I knew immediately who the attacker was.

Other parts were just kind of thrown in there and not really necessary. I can't decide if the movie at the end chickens out or if it was meant to mean Yelchin's character wouldn't succumb to evil so therefore he would ultimately end up with good (I strongly suspect the latter) ***Spoiler: I do not understand why some people didn't understand the picture at the end.

If they'd watched it they'd know that was the original picture that was used for blackmail and how Sutherland gained all of his money. That was not a difficult connection to make and a very good ending in my opinion.