

Renegade

U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily adopted and taken care of him. The evil actions of a white sorcerer lead him to confront the villain in the Sacred Mountains, and, through shamanic rituals conquer his fears and uncover a suppressed memory he would much rather deny.
look, it concluded weirdly, the Indigenous Mystic trope was overplayed (and to put it politely, culturally insensitive, considering what the French did to the Native Americans) and I think the production could have been squeezed into a tight 90, but I enjoyed this film. It's off-kilter, heavy on the CGI psychedelics and doesn't shy away from what makes Acid Westerns great (silliness dressed as sincerity). A maybe-generous 6.75/10.