The Salvation (2014)
- 6.7
- 1h 32min
- Drama, Western
- 2015-02-27 (USA)
Storyline
The American West in the 1870s. A European settler, Jon Jensen (Mads Mikkelsen), has just welcomed his wife and son to the country when they are kidnapped and murdered. He takes revenge on the murderers, only to discover that one was the brother of a local land baron, Henry Delarue. Delarue runs the local town with a brutal hand. Now he wants vengeance on the man who killed his brother and the local townspeople are too scared of him to stand up to him. Jon is fighting more than just the local thugs, he is facing the entire town.
Plot Keywords
vengeance, revenge, violence, rape, mass murder, payback, cruelty, rescue, shot to death, dead son, off screen rape, cowboy, ex military, gang leader, 1870s, dead boy, taunting, thirst, frontier, extortion
Short Review
In an untamed world where hypocrisy is loud and where no one can be trusted, salvation is one's own business and actions speak louder than words.
