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In 1886 Missouri, a botched robbery leaves two men stranded in a field with empty guns, dead horses, and mounting injuries. Abram, a fifty-year-old outlaw with failing knees, and Jonah, a rookie deputy with a self-inflicted leg wound, find themselves locked in a grueling "walking war of attrition." What should be a high-stakes pursuit becomes a miles-long, pathetic slog through the wilderness as neither man has the strength to run nor the will to surrender.
As exhaustion sets in, the animosity between the two fades into a weary, shared vulnerability. Their conversation reveals a common burden: the weight of fatherhood and the struggle to live up to—or provide for—a family legacy. By the time they reach their breaking point, the hunter and the hunted must decide if the "law" is worth more than the survival of the men behind the badges and guns.
As exhaustion sets in, the animosity between the two fades into a weary, shared vulnerability. Their conversation reveals a common burden: the weight of fatherhood and the struggle to live up to—or provide for—a family legacy. By the time they reach their breaking point, the hunter and the hunted must decide if the "law" is worth more than the survival of the men behind the badges and guns.
