Isaac LeMay has spent his life clearing the frontier of Cheyenne with little regard for the consequences.
Ah, but there are consequences. Cheyenne Chief White Thunder places a curese on LeMay: He’ll be killed by one of his own children.
Haunted by the prophecy, LeMay (Sam Worthington) begins tracking down his sons, all sired by whores.
In fact, he leaves a trail of dead sons from Kansas City to Nebraska until just one remains, Cal (Colson Baker, aka Machine Gun Kelly), the son of a whore named Anna (Heather Graham).
Cal’s a killer himself. In fact, he’s just stolen a Gatling gun from an army detail, leaving dead soldiers in his wake.
Because of that, he’s being tracked by a cavalry lieutenant named Solomon (Thomas Jane), who happens to be Anna’s lover.
Meanwhile, the one child Isaac spares, a 16-year-old daughter named Megan, is wandering the countryside after her adoptive father is killed and her mother goes mad.
She winds up in Red Bluff, just as the paths of Solomon, Cal and Isaac converge on the town’s snow-covered streets.
Sam Worthington as Isaac LeMay, a man haunted by a Cheyenne curse in The Last Son (2021)
Colson Baker, aka Machine Gun Kelly, as Cal, the son turned killer in The Last Son (2021)
Review:
Far from a perfect Western. With his faint rasp and lumbering stride, Sam Worthington comes off as too old and feeble in the role of a vicious killer cutting down his sons, one by one.
The role of Solomon makes little sense. He’s a cavalry lieutenant who bemoans the loss of his slain men and his Gatling gun, yet has the autonomy to go off searching for those responsible all on his own?
Worse yet, the ending is predictable.
Ah, but there are positives too. Colson Baker, aka Machine Gun Kelly, is surprisingly effective in the role of the young killer.
And Heather Graham nails her role as a whore determined to protect the son she once abandoned, regardless of what he’s done.
Best of all, the material is stylishly handled, with quick bursts of violence, and comes across as fresh enough to be welcome viewing for fans of the genre used to tiny-budget time-wasters.
My favorite image: Young Meghan popping candies into her mouth as she watches the violence around her unfold.
Heather Graham, cursing Isaac LeMay after he slices off her thumb in The Last Son (2021)
Emily Marie Palmer as Megan, setting off on her own after Isaac LeMay shatters her family life in The Last Son (2021)
Directed by:
Tim Sutton
Cast:
Sam Worthington … Isaac LeMay
Machine Gun Kelly … Cal / Lionel
as Colson Baker
Thomas Jane … Solomon
Emily Marie Palmer … Megan
Heather Graham .. Anna
Kim DeLonghi … Grace
Danny Bohnen … Soldier Ernie
Scotty Bohnen … Cecil
Alex Meraz … Patty
James Landry Hebert … Grayton Willets
Bates Wilder … Coleman
James Di Giacomo … Pierce
Kendra Alaura … Claire
Hiram A. Murray … Logan
David Silverman .. Big Buck
David Myers Gregory … Gideon
Steve Silkotch … Wilson
Runtime: 96 min.
Thomas Jane as Solomon, ready to set out on the trail of a killer in The Last Son (2021)
David Myers Gregory as Gideon, a man determined to bring Isaac LeMay to justice in The Last Son (2021)
Memorable lines:
Anna, after Isaac has made a violent visit: “I just wanna know why?”
Fellow whore: “Why what?’
Anna: “Why the devil won’t leave us alone.”
Isaac LeMay: “Is the curse over?”
Ghost by fire: “It’s not a curse. It’s a prophecy.”
Gideon, chasing son-killer Isaac LeMay: “We need a tracker who knows these parts. I hear you’re that man. Pay you a dollar a day.”
Solomon: “Don’t care about the money.”
Gideon: “Then do it for Jesus.”
Solomon: “I care about him even less.”
Storekeeper: “I like your locket. What do you got inside? A picture of your parents? Or your sweetheart?”
Meghan: “Nobody.”
Patty to his friend Cal: “A little secret about legendary gunfighters. They tend to die like everyone else when they’re shot in the head.”
Alex Meraz as Patty, a member of Cal’s gang in The Last Son (2021)
James Landry Hebert as Grayton Willets, one of the men Cal relies on to help hunt down his father in The Last Son (2021)
Emily Marie Parker as Megan finds a discarded locket and claims it as her own in The Last Son (2021)
Heather Graham as Anna, a whore realizing the consequences of her actions in The Last Son (2021)
Thomas Jane as Solomon, the cavalry lieutenant determined to protect his prisoner in The Last Son (2021)
Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) as Cal, showing more mercy to a mouse than humans in The Last Son (2021)
Sam Wothington as Isaac LeMay, approaching a final showdown with his last son in The Last Son (2021)
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