A not-too-bright white supremacist

I don't think this movie was meant to be all fact based and have you never been in love, it makes you throw caution to the wind at times. He seemed to like her immediately.Berenger's character(Gary) had that mentality of domination. He saw her as the perfect wife for him, which he needed help on the farm and someone to help raise his kids. Early in the movie you got the idea the pickings for women in that area was slim. Berenger let her in on the dirty work, but if you remember, he was met with adversity.

Yeah, it makes no sense. Even the stupidest white supremacist wouldn't involve his new girlfriend in a shocking racist murder without having heard any indication from her at all that she shares his ideology or race-hatreds. (He couldn't try taking her to an ordinary Klan meeting first and see what happens?) And, as discussed in the "plot holes" thread, the FBI's conduct of the case makes no sense either. A poor effort, overall, considering the high-powered writer and director.

I think the filmmakers got so involved in trying to manipulate the audience they didn't ask themselves--or at least not often enough--how believable it was.

The callous way in which they introduce the manhunt scene reminded me a little of the urban legend about how the word "picnic" is derived from an American custom of lynching a random black person during a family trip. It suggests a level of paranoia about race in this country that reaches absurd proportions: the idea that racism is so ingrained that brutally murdering someone becomes some casual, everyday event, and that if you look past the friendly good cheer of rural whites you'll find a black man buried in their backyard.

Let's see. A young, pretty woman who nobody has ever met or knows comes to town to work. Gary Simmons (the white supremacist leader) falls for her, and then they sleep together. A short time after that, he takes her "hunting" (chasing a scared black teen in the woods and killing him) and later to Klan camp.

I don't know too many white supremacists. But from what I've seen from documentaries on A&E, the History Channel, etc. they are all paranoid and know that the authorities as well as watchdog groups are watching them.

You'd think an experienced white supremacist would immediately suspect her of being an informant or an undercover agent and thus avoid her.

I also read somewhere that a significant percentage of KKK members are either paid government informants or undercover agents. (I don't know about other hate groups.)

The definition of paranoia is feeling like people are after you when they AREN'T. Therefore, since these groups know that government and other groups ARE watching them, they aren't paranoid. Agree totally with the comment that the Tom Berenger character wasn't too bright. I think that description would fit any of those people.

I loved the little girl standing up to the "minister" and the grandmother at the end. The seed of truth was planted in her mind and she wasn't going to grow up believing the lies.

White supremacy was coming into its own as a popular news topic in the late 80's. This movie is just a popcorn flick cash-in. Somewhat watchable, but nothing to take seriously.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

They were all done, there's no way they would have let her go after her reaction at the hunting party.

Whites killing each other for centuries.
OJ Simpson murders a Jewish boy and a White woman.
All over America young black gangs murder,rape and
maim Whites,Jewish Whites and we let it go.
Read the words of Thomas Jefferson concerning White Europeans
and black Africans not living on same continent.
This film could have been good,but the theme is that
White Men are evil.
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