2025 · western · action · drama
Rust
Directed by Joel Souza2h 19m2025
Infamous outlaw Harland Rust breaks his estranged grandson Lucas out of prison, after Lucas is convicted to hang for an accidental murder. The two must outrun legendary U.S Marshal Wood Helm and bounty hunter Fenton "Preacher" Lang who are hot on their tails. Deeply buried secrets rise from the ashes and an unexpected familial bond begins to form as the mismatched duo tries to survive the merciless American Frontier.
Our read: Rust (2025) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded western · action · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme western / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
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