In another example of how far the mighty can fall, the latest directorial effort by Michael Cimino of Deer Hunter fame is a never-involving journey of personal discovery that, were it not profanity-laced, could easily serve as the second half of a double-feature with the saccharine Spitfire Grill. Woody Harrelson plays a successful doctor who, on the eve of his big promotion, is kidnapped by a half-Navajo juvenile delinquent (Jon Seda) dying of a rare form of cancer. Together they find they have a lot more in common than they originally thought, and the doctor begins to aid his kidnapper in his attempt to reach the magic healing lake of lore. It's funny how a film can seem both pretentious and simplistic at the same time, but, as its plot synopsis should indicate, Sunchaser pulls it off. Harrelson does turn in another interesting performance, despite being required in one scene to rip off his necktie as a symbol of his new personal freedom, but nothing helps either Seda's forced gangsta dialogue or filmmaking that occasionally borders on the laughable. The fact that a sound effect of an eagle screaming should not be accompanied by a close-up shot of an eagle with its beak closed is something Cimino should have learned in Film 101, but then, so is the good sense to avoid making movies like Sunchaser.