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Branscombe Richmond, Eddie Spears, Julia Jones

Black Cloud is the impressive directorial debut of veteran actor Rick Schroder, who also wrote the drama's insightful script and takes a small part as an unrepentant villain. The story concern...( read more  read more... )s a Navajo boxer named Black Cloud (Eddie Spears), an angry young man from a violent, chaotic family and a proud warrior burdened by a general grudge against white people. Invited to compete for a slot in the U.S. Olympic boxing team, Black Cloud initially rebuffs the idea but is encouraged to reconsider by his manager and mentor (Russell Means). Meanwhile, Black Cloud delivers a well-deserved beating to a rodeo circuit creep (Schroder), which gets him into hot water with the law, and the Navajo woman he loves (Julia Jones) puts distance between them until he can figure out his priorities. As coming-of-age stories go, Black Cloud is persuasive and moving, yet it should be no surprise that Schroder's greatest strength as a filmmaker is drawing very fine performances from his cast. Means, so wonderful in Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans, is again a solid figure of strength and love, while Spears does a beautiful job of capturing a man ready to trade rage for wisdom. Schroder delivers on tough action sequences--rodeo riding, boxing--like a pro who's seen it all, too. --Tom Keogh

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PG-13, 97 min.

Directed by: Rick Schroder

Release Date: October 1, 2004

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DVD Release Date: June 7, 2005

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Flixster Reviews (144)

  • ileo
    January 3, 2008
    ileo
    Good movie.
  • tythegirl
    July 8, 2009
    tythegirl
    i have already seen ths movie and i have it on dvd and i cant get enogh of it
  • taytayfoshayshay
    July 8, 2008
    taytayfoshayshay
    It looks different, but it will probably be a good one!!!!!!!
  • watchyou2001
    April 18, 2008
    watchyou2001
    EDDIE SPEARS IS HOT IN THIS MOVIE.
  • MECreviews
    March 22, 2008
    MECreviews
    An ok movie at the time...
  • NiinjaBby
    January 21, 2008
    NiinjaBby
    love this movie cause its got that hottie eddie spears...damn
  • jungleladynumber2
    January 17, 2008
    jungleladynumber2
    I loved this movie!!
  • zeeflee
    December 28, 2007
    zeeflee
    Expected nothing and got something - had fun watching it - hell yeah!

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  • Tona32
    February 22, 2008
    Tona32
    FUCK ALL THEM NATIVE HATERS!!!!!ONE DAY ONE IS GONNA KICK YOUR ASS CHEAP ASS FUCKING WHITEE PPL!!!!!CHEAP FUCKERS!!!!!
  • dtgamerat
    May 25, 2006
    dtgamerat
    Seriously, I'm native, and this move makes us look bad like we're a bunch of rowdy racists who can't control their temper tantrums. Not only that, but why God, WHY did they film this in Chinle?! MY MOST HATED TOWN! After 13 years of living there, I do NOT want to relive it again!
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