Skinwalkers (2002)
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60% of users liked it
(963 ratings)
Adapted from Tony Hillerman's best-selling novel by James Redford (stepson of Robert Redford), Skinwalkers was the vanguard of the proposed PBS anthology American Mystery. Returning to the Navajo reservation of his birth after many years, police detective Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) investigates a… More Adapted from Tony Hillerman's best-selling novel by James Redford (stepson of Robert Redford), Skinwalkers was the vanguard of the proposed PBS anthology American Mystery. Returning to the Navajo reservation of his birth after many years, police detective Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) investigates a series of bizarre murders. Though Leaphorn has no doubt that the killer is a human being, his young FBI-trained partner, Jim Chee (Adam Beach), has an entirely different theory. A medicine man-in-training, Chee believes that the murders have been committed by a mystical figure called the Skinwalker, who according to Navajo legend is an amalgam of all murdered Native Americans. Symbolic clues left at the scene of each murder -- some written in paint, some in blood -- confirm Chee's conclusion that the shapeshifting Skinwalker is seeking revenge on the modern-day despoilers of the Navajo's sacred land. Skinwalkers was filmed on location in Utah and Arizona by Native American director Chris Eyre, of Smoke Signals fame. ~ Rovi
- Directed By
- Chris Eyre
- Genres
- Drama, Television, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 24, 2002 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Jim Lane, Sacramento News & Review
It's not all that bad, but there's an air of humorless camp about it...
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Cast
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Adam Beach
as Jim Chee
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Wes Studi
as Lt. Joe Leaphorn
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Saginaw Grant
as Wilson Sam
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Gerald Vandever
as Officer Gorman
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Alex Rice
as Janet Pete
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Nicholas Bartolo
as Tommy Nakai
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Noah Watts
as Ruben Maze
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Michael Greyeyes
as Dr. Stone
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Sheila Tousey
as Emma Leaphorn
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Concho Roman
as Capt. Butler
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Jon Proudstar
as Davis Nakai
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Crystal Van Keuren
as Nurse
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Misty Upham
as Nina
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Geraldine Keams
as Gina
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Frank Soto
as Dugay
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Drew Lacapa
as Bobby
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Marla Finn
as German Wife
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Ryan Polequaptewa
as Doug
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Chesley Wilson
as Lonnie Mack
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Terey Summers
as Gloria
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John M. Janezic
as Maurice
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Lisa Montour
as Wanda
