A former soldier with a tragic past is thrown into an uneasy alliance with three outlaws, a beautiful woman, and her injured husband, to battle the harsh elements and hostiles in a desperate bid for survival in the Arizona of the 1870s.
A former soldier with a tragic past is thrown into an uneasy alliance with three outlaws, a beautiful woman, and her injured husband, to battle the harsh elements and hostiles in a desperate bid for survival in the Arizona of the 1870s.
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Fun Facts
Director Travis Mills cranked the entire movie out in only 18 shooting days—that’s 7.2 script pages a day on average—while Monument Valley weather kept trying to kill the schedule.
The climactic Apache “crucible” torture was done 100 % practical (no CGI blood). Crews built silicone torsos and pumped over 30 gallons of fake arterial spray; crew members admit some monitors walked away mid-take.
Stay after the last gunshot: a cracked wagon-mirror reflection lingers on Edmund’s face—the reflection lags a half-second behind real time, a subtle VFX nod that violence always catches up to you.