Synopsis/Details
The Old West in the town of Mangelscar.
SAM and his buddy BYRON chill in the saloon while a COWBOY shoots down an older woman and her guy upstairs. Just as Sam is really having a good ol’ drunken time, he turns to see the gun of the cowboy inside Byron’s mouth...and this cowboy turns out to be EDDIE DAMON... Eddie Damon kills Byron, as well as everyone in the saloon and everyone in town. A good ol’ killing spree.
[NINE YEARS LATER]
William Tuck owns a saloon. He is approached one day by a woman named LILITH, who asks him to kill Eddie Damon. Tuck says he already killed Eddie Damon. A young girl named PATTY and her friend BUDDY show up, and tells Tuck to aid in her helping to find and kill Eddie Damon. Tuck doesn’t pay her much mind and she leaves. Lilith tells Tuck that he is Patty’s father. Tuck decides to track down Patty.
Eddie Damon shows up at a saloon, looking for Tuck. He asks around, but the men act like they do not know. They try capture Eddie Damon for the reward, but Eddie kills them all. Tuck goes to Mangelscar and approaches Patty’s mother, BLANCHE. She knocks him out and calls the SHERIFF, who arrests him for his past gang behavior. Patty is pissed at Blanche and leaves off to go get Eddie... Tuck escapes the prison and leaves town... Patty encounters Eddie and wins in a shootout, but Buddy is shot and dies.
Tuck visits a PRIEST. The sheriff apprehends Tuck and initiates a hanging, but Patty arrives and frees Tuck. Patty hears that Eddie is alive. Blanche brings Tuck back to her place and tells Tuck that Patty left, set on avenging Buddy. Eddie arrives in town. He and Tuck have a shootout... Tuck wins.
Tuck engages in a shootout with Lilith. As he prepares, Tuck flashes back to the fateful day in the saloon nine years ago... Eddie was raping his mother in the saloon, and it was Tuck who killed Eddie and then killed everyone in town... Tuck shoots himself... Lilith rides off into Hell with Tuck on the back of her steed.
All Accolades & Coverage
Earlier draft was a semi-finalist in Austin Film Festival & Script Pipeline runner-up.
Story & Logistics
Story Type:
Revenge
Story Situation:
Remorse
Story Conclusion:
Bitter-sweet
Linear Structure:
Linear
Moral Affections:
Bad Man, Guilt
Cast Size:
Several
Locations:
Few
Special Effects:
Minor cgi
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Male Middle Aged
Hero Type:
Anti-Hero
Villian Type:
Mentally Disturbed
Advanced
Subgenre:
Western Comedy
Subculture:
Dark culture
Action Elements:
Weaponry
Life Topics:
Adolescence, Afterlife, Childhood, Death, Parenthood
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Illness Topics:
Psychological
Writer Style:
Coen Brothers, John Milius, Quentin Tarantino