Walker plays a disgraced North-West Mounted Police officer dispatched in 1894 to survey the Yukon for a new garrison, where he encounters a small group of Russian settlers in a town in desperate need of law and order.

In 1894, Corporal Wade Grayling, an officer of the North-West Mounted Police arrives in a remote and lawless settlement in the Yukon territory where the Commonwealth wants to build a fort.

Upon his arrival, Grayling finds a hanged man, a death he correctly deduces to be connected to a small community of Cossacks - primarily Latvians and Russians - who have set up camp nearby.

In an interview with CTV News, Wyeth Clarkson talked about having been drawn since childhood to Western movies, such as those by John Ford and Sergio Leone, "but always wondered why American sheriffs were depicted onscreen, while Canadian officers were not", arguing the film is educational: "Canada has this rich history and this rich history of iconographic characters that we don't see on our screens and to me that's a real loss, especially for kids who can be so easily influenced to want to learn... For me, it's important as a filmmaker to sort of stir that pot and at least give people access to Canadian stories.

'"[2] Walker recounted how Clarkson "sold" the film to him as a Canadian spaghetti Western, resulting in the actor spending a lot of time studying Clint Eastwood.

Clarkson returned to his alma mater, Queen's University, to screen The Mountie at the 11th annual Kingston Canadian Film Festival on 4 March 2011,[8] at the Empire Theatre 1.

[11]Craig Morrow and Cinemavault managing director John Dunstan closed an overseas distribution deal with Jason Price and producer Phillip Daniels of Travesty Productions, retitling the film Lawman for international markets[12] such as France.

Greg Klymkiw calls The Mountie Clarkson's "most ambitious project to date", "a solid picture", an "old fashioned western replete with a strange blend of 70s cynicism, grit and ... lush panoramas and a weirdly affecting sentimental streak that would have made John Ford proud."

"[11] Jennie Punter, writing for The Globe and Mail, gave the film a very positive review: "With gorgeous cinematography, brisk pacing, evocative music, well-orchestrated showdowns and no-nonsense storytelling, The Mountie delivers an entertaining slice of Canadian history that never feels like it's a patriotic duty to watch," at the same time noting the film is most effective when actions play out against the spectacular backdrop of the Yukon, but "less so when the characters start talking.

"[23] Ken Eisner praises the cinematography, editing, and music, but complains "the story, dialogue, and acting" are sub-par: "The lines themselves—which fall doggedly in the well-charted territory of "Let's finish this!

"—sound more like Xbox shoot-'em-up hiccups than anything in spaghetti westerns, let alone samurai flicks or even Due South", and even suggests that the film "bears a striking resemblance" to the Old West game, Red Dead Redemption.