‘Wild Indian’ Review: A Native Antihero Wrestles With Ghosts From His Past
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variety.comPeter Debruge Chief Film CriticIssues of identity, assimilation and the contemporary Native American experience run deep beneath Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr.’s feature debut “Wild Indian,” while the relatively conventional surface narrative is one that any filmmaker could have told, albeit in a less original context.
Watching “Wild Indian,” I was reminded of “Moonlight,” with its three distinct time periods. “Wild Indian” has two, but is bookended by long-ago scenes of its lead actor, Michael Greeneyes, dressed in furs and brandishing a bow and arrow, his face scarred by smallpox.
Corbine’s film is more conventional, and not nearly as well acted, but it explores a similar kind of inner turmoil and the personal journey to accept oneself.
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