The Last Son

Year: 2021

Duration: 96 min

An opening prologue establishes that Isaac LeMay (Sam Worthington) roamed the Great Plains in the western territories and bore children with whores. LeMay used to clear Cheyenne for the army and committed unspeakable crimes against the tribes. A Cheyenne chief, White Thunder, cursed LeMay for his sins, saying that his own seed would kill him. Haunted by the prophecy, LeMay hunted down his children and killed them one by one before they killed him.As The Last Son begins, LeMay arrives at a saloon called Two-One to kill his son, Lionel, whom he bore with a whore, Anna (Heather Graham), who worked there. LeMay stabs the 20-year old Lionel in the woods and then visits Anna, inquiring about Lionel's twin brother. Anna tells the devil that there is no twin and that he may be misinformed. In his rage, LeMay cuts off Anna's fingers and leaves.Later, he visits another woman, Claire, who used to work as a whore but now lives a peaceful life in the woods. Claire lives with her husband and daughter, Megan (Emily Marie Palmer). LeMay finds Megan harmless and thus leaves her alone. However, LeMay kills Anna's husband before leaving.Soon, the story brings in LeMay and Anna's son, Cal Talisker (Machine Gun Kelly), who was born along with his twin brother Lionel in 1858. But Anna didn't want to raise Cal in a brothel, so she left him at the Virginia City home for boys. When Cal grew up, he joined the army and trained as a Gatling gun loader. However, he was soon discharged. Haunted by his past and neglected by his parents, Cal became an outlaw and started robbing banks and killing law enforcers.When LeMay killed Lionel, Anna begged Cal to leave for Brooks, Canada, and save his life. But Cal was as stubborn as his father, and instead of going north, he killed more army men to arrange ammunition to kill LeMay.A tracker named Solomon arrives in town and tells Sheriff that someone killed some army men and asks Sheriff whether there's any trouble in the town. Sheriff said there was a stabbing in one of the bars and Solomon goes to investigate. LeMay's daughter, Megan, too prepares to take revenge on LeMay for killing her adoptive father. Meanwhile Cal and his two friends kills more army men and loots ammunition. Some law enforcing officers arrive in the town and tells Solomon that LeMay has already killed six young men last year and seeks Solomon's help in capturing LeMay.Finally, Solomon captures LeMay and tries to convince him that the Cheyenne Curse was a myth and that he was on a futile hunt, killing his own blood. But LeMay was a man in ruins. He was doomed yet arrogant.Solomon brings LeMay to the sheriff's office in Virginia City. At the exact moment, Cal arrives in the city with a small army he had raised to secure an escape for himself and Anna. But before they could leave, Solomon points a gun at Cal inside the brothel. Cal tricks Solomon and kills him. In between their gunfights, LeMay tricks the police officers and escapes.Cal's men informs him about the devil's presence in the vicinity, and in the final showdown, they finally face each other. Though Cal takes a shot at his father, it is LeMay who kills his last son, Cal. In the end, Megan catches wounded LeMay off guard and shoots him.Hence, Cheyenne's prophecy did come true, but it wasn't LeMay's son who killed him. It was his daughter Megan, whom he perceived to be harmless. The closing voice establish that as soon as Megan shot her father, she left the city. She didn't wait to verify that he was dead or not. He could be alive. But if he survived Megan's shot, then the whole prophecy was a myth, to begin with.Megan moved on and eventually settled into a peaceful life in Carson City, Nevada. She married and bore three children, two older daughters and a son, who came last. As a result, even though LeMay attempted to end his bloodline, the last son survived. (thanks to dmtalkies)

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