“Road to Paloma,”
a leisurely drama about family, brotherhood and Native American rights,
plays out on the dusty highways and barren landscapes of an American
West that seems frozen in time. Using that quality to powerful effect,
the director, Jason Momoa, and his cinematographer, Brian Andrew
Mendoza, shore up a simple plot with a richly atmospheric palette of
coppery light and caramel sunsets that makes even urgent events seem
almost soothing.
This
laid-back attitude extends to Wolf (Mr. Momoa), a Native American who
seems in no hurry to evade the dogged F.B.I. agent (Lance Henriksen) on
his tail. Tooling along on his motorcycle, he hooks up with a scrappy
musician (Robert Homer Mollohan) and pauses to dally with a sexy woman
(Mr. Momoa’s wife, Lisa Bonet) in an Airstream. None of this is
riveting, but the film’s loose naturalism and strong acting — Chris
Browning, as a liaison between the F.B.I. and the reservation, is
especially enjoyable — are slyly seductive.
Backed by a perfectly chosen folk-rock soundtrack featuring artists like Shovels & Rope and Molly Gunner, Wolf’s journey may rest on a weighty issue (the poor policing of crimes on Indian reservations), but it never feels didactic. As he does on the excellent Sundance Channel drama “The Red Road”
(recently renewed for a second season), Mr. Momoa softens his striking
physical appearance with a restrained, sometimes playful performance. He
seems determined to stretch beyond the warrior roles
that have been his bread and butter, and so far the evidence looks
promising. But he’ll have to do more than shave his beard to make us
forget Khal Drogo.
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