Comanche killer in Lost

In the 2004 movie Lost (not the TV show of the same name), Jeremy Stanton (Dean Cain) is a not-too-good guy who flees through the Nevada desert after a bank robbery. He's pursued by Archer (Danny Trejo), one of the bank robbers and a definite bad guy.

When Archer calls Stanton on his cellphone, Stanton asks Archer how he plans to find him. Archer responds:My father was half Comanche! That man could track a blind deer tick up a muskrat's ass with a two-day head start. And if there was one thing that miserable son of a bitch ever taught me, it was that every animal leaves a trail.Is Archer a crazy killer because of his Comanche blood? That's what the movie seems to imply. And Indian tracking skills...not too much of a cliché there.

Fortunately, Archer's Indian background isn't mentioned again. He does manage to track Stanton down, but we're not sure how. Is it via the litter Stanton keeps leaving in his wake, or a more nefarious method?

As you may recall, Trejo played an Indian in Sherrybaby also. Is he making a habit of playing Indians? If you're going to make the villain an Indian, why not have an Indian actor play him? It would be fun to see Graham Greene or Wes Studi tackle a modern-day villain for once.

In any case, this thriller is mildly diverting but wildly implausible. It has a large number of plot holes. Rob's rating: 6.5 of 10.