Stylishly balancing thrills, mysticism and political outrage, Apted's produced his most absorbing movie since Coal Miner's Daughter.

What's most absorbing about Thunderheart is its sense of place and time

[Graham Greene's] easygoing personality certainly matches well with [Val] Kilmer’s Ray’s by-the-book mannerism, where the latter brings the ideal stoicism into his role.

It was easy to take a film like "Thunderheart" for granted in its era when a smart, exciting, well-cast and politically charged thriller seemed to open every other week. Today, it feels practically revelatory — a Michael Apted gem that holds up very well.