A sleazy, low-budget effort from the Roger Corman factory, with Peter Fonda as an Arkansas rancher's son who declares war on big-business interests and does a Rambo when intimidation turns into murder. There are crooked senators, a corrupt cop and a mob of heavies who line up against Fonda's extended family of ordinary, decent folk. Paying a certain amount of lip service to environmental issues, this is really just an excuse to justify some vigilante violence and to allow novice writer/director Jonathan Demme a few opportunities to show off some fancy footwork. A far cry from Demme's The Silence of the Lambs.

An evil corporation tries to pressure a bunch of Arkansas farmers and ranchers to sell their land so they can strip-mine it for coal. The fiercely proud and stubborn Hunter family refuse to give in. This leads to a bitter conflict that results in several casualties. Eventually the take-charge no-nonsense Tom Hunter exacts a harsh revenge on the villains with the help of his bow and arrow.