Shadow of the Hawk is a 1976 movie that stars Jan-Michael Vincent as a successful businessman named Mike who doesn’t even think about his Indian heritage. He doesn’t believe in any of the Indian spiritual rituals or the aspects of being a medicine man. However, when his grandfather, Old Man Hawk, shows up, things just might change.
Hawk is the medicine man, a man of power as Mike says. He’s
battling a major war of good versus evil, though Mike is hesitant to buy into that. Still, Hawk proclaims that Mike will take his place and do battle. Failure means death to the Indian.
For me, the movie is a little word. I love some of the mystical qualities, but it’s told in a style that doesn’t appeal to me. In much of the opening, there’s just silence as ...