Seraphim Falls
In 1868, within the snow-covered Ruby Mountains, Gideon (Pierce Brosnan) roasts an animal over an open fire. Suddenly, gunshots ring out with one striking his left arm. He grabs what he can and races…
Seraphim Falls
In 1868, within the snow-covered Ruby Mountains, Gideon (Pierce Brosnan) roasts an animal over an open fire. Suddenly, gunshots ring out with one striking his left arm. He grabs what he can and races down the mountain to escape in great pain. Gideon's horse runs away, and he even left his rifle behind. Gideon makes no effort to fight his pursuers. His attackers emerge from their cover to inspect his campsite. Colonel Morsman Carver (Liam Neeson), a former Confederate officer, is accompanied by Pope (Robert Baker), Hayes (Michael Wincott), Parsons (Ed Lauter) and the Kid (John Robinson) are all engaged in a bounty operation to apprehend him. Carver has hired the others to hunt down Gideon. But Carver says that the men will not get paid until Gideon is captured alive. He will not pay if Gideon is dead. The mountain is covered in mist, and it is bitterly cold. Gideon is soaked as he reaches a river at the base of the mountain. Gideon tries to cross the river on a log that fell across but slips and falls into the river and is swept away over a waterfall. Gideon is buried underwater, and he has to remove his heavy bear skin coat to be able to float over the water and survive. Following the removal of the bullet from his arm at a secluded locale, Gideon leaves an open fire burning, which attracts the posse. Gideon painfully extracts the bullet from his arm using his hunting knife and then cauterizes his wound. To suppress his screams, he puts a small wooden stick covered with a rag into his mouth and bites on it. As the posse approaches, Gideon pretends on run away, but the double backs on his footprints in the snow to reach the site. He ends up killing Pope with his hunting knife and then ventures out again into the wilderness after taking his gun and his over coat. Gideon walks further away from the mountains, as the snow gives way to winter shrubbery. He attempts to steal a horse from a ranch but is caught by a young woman named Charlotte (Shannon Zeller) who helps him after she realizes he is injured. Charlotte and her brother Nathaniel bring Gideon into the house, where Gideon collapses from pain and exhaustion. She redresses his wound, and her family lets him sleep overnight in their farmhouse. He later offers to buy their horse and leaves before daybreak. As the group of men approach Gideon's trail, he lays an ambush using a bear trap which impales the Kid, who is later shot by Carver in a mercy killing. Carver's posse interrogates the ranch family, and upon finding Gideon's gold coins are about to conclude that they sold him a horse when the rancher's son Nathaniel confesses that he stole the coins while Gideon slept. Later, Parsons decides to abandon the men following the discovery of a dead armed bank robber (James Jordan), whom Gideon had killed earlier in an act of self-defense and whose bounty money exceeded that of Gideon's. As Parsons is preparing to load the dead body to take to Carson City for the reward money, Carver shoots the horse - which he declares is his, leaving Parsons to walk the 30 miles back to town carrying the body. Encountering a railroad under construction, Gideon hitches his horse and steals some food. The foreman recognizes the stolen horse and detains Gideon. Carver and his remaining man, Hayes, come upon the railroad site and search for Gideon. Meanwhile, Gideon escapes from custody and makes off with another horse. As Carver and Hayes draw within sight of Gideon, Gideon's horse can no longer take the strain of the heat and collapses. Gideon kills the horse with his knife. When Carver and Hayes finally reach the horse's carcass, Hayes dismounts and marvels at what type of an animal would disembowel the creature. Suddenly, Gideon leaps out from the horse's belly, where he had been hiding, and grabs Hayes threatening to kill him if Carver doesn't give up his gun. Carver instead decides to shoot Hayes with his last bullet. While confronting each other, Carver and Gideon recall the events that put them at odds. After the American Civil War had concluded, Gideon was ordered to track down former Confederate officers. When he arrived in Seraphim Falls at Carver's home to interrogate him, Carver was out in a nearby field. To coerce Carver's wife (Angie Harmon) into revealing his whereabouts, and believing that their house was empty, Gideon ordered their barn to be set on fire. A soldier searching the house carelessly knocks over a kerosene lantern. The blaze quickly spreads as Carver returns from the fields. While the soldiers detained him, his wife and son ran inside the house to save their infant child who was still in a bedroom. Trapped by the flames, all three perished. Gideon, racked with guilt over the tragedy, is seen dropping his gun belt and walking away from his men. The two men fight, but Gideon eventually gets the better of Carver. He points him in the direction of a town and tells Carver that he will get nothing but trouble if he continues his pursuit. Gideon takes the horses ridden by Carver and Hayes and sets off, deeper into the countryside. Both men find a rare pool of water, guarded by the Indian Charon, who extracts dear payment from each so they might continue their journeys. Both are visited by the mystical Madame Louise, who offers them a Faustian bargain: to trade survival items (Gideon's horse, Carver's water) for something that will perpetuate their feud (a bullet for Gideon, a gun for Carver). When Carver catches up with Gideon, both are on the brink of exhaustion and death. Confronting each other again with their pistols, Gideon wounds Carver. However, instead of killing him with his knife, he offers himself to him. Carver decides not to shoot him and throws his pistol aside. Gideon helps Carver to his feet and they walk in different directions into the distance. As a final gesture Gideon discards his knife (his weapon of choice throughout the film).
Seraphim Falls
Action,Drama,Thriller
Film Details
In 1868, within the snow-covered Ruby Mountains, Gideon (Pierce Brosnan) roasts an animal over an open fire. Suddenly, gunshots ring out with one striking his left arm. He grabs what he can and races down the mountain to escape in great pain.
Gideon's horse runs away, and he even left his rifle behind. Gideon makes no effort to fight his pursuers. His attackers emerge from their cover to inspect his campsite.
Colonel Morsman Carver (Liam Neeson), a former Confederate officer, is accompanied by Pope (Robert Baker), Hayes (Michael Wincott), Parsons (Ed Lauter) and the Kid (John Robinson) are all engaged in a bounty operation to apprehend him. Carver has hired the others to hunt down Gideon. But Carver says that the men will not get paid until Gideon is captured alive.
He will not pay if Gideon is dead. The mountain is covered in mist, and it is bitterly cold. Gideon is soaked as he reaches a river at the base of the mountain.
Gideon tries to cross the river on a log that fell across but slips and falls into the river and is swept away over a waterfall. Gideon is buried underwater, and he has to remove his heavy bear skin coat to be able to float over the water and survive. Following the removal of the bullet from his arm at a secluded locale, Gideon leaves an open fire burning, which attracts the posse.
Gideon painfully extracts the bullet from his arm using his hunting knife and then cauterizes his wound. To suppress his screams, he puts a small wooden stick covered with a rag into his mouth and bites on it. As the posse approaches, Gideon pretends on run away, but the double backs on his footprints in the snow to reach the site.
He ends up killing Pope with his hunting knife and then ventures out again into the wilderness after taking his gun and his over coat. Gideon walks further away from the mountains, as the snow gives way to winter shrubbery. He attempts to steal a horse from a ranch but is caught by a young woman named Charlotte (Shannon Zeller) who helps him after she realizes he is injured.
Charlotte and her brother Nathaniel bring Gideon into the house, where Gideon collapses from pain and exhaustion. She redresses his wound, and her family lets him sleep overnight in their farmhouse. He later offers to buy their horse and leaves before daybreak.
As the group of men approach Gideon's trail, he lays an ambush using a bear trap which impales the Kid, who is later shot by Carver in a mercy killing. Carver's posse interrogates the ranch family, and upon finding Gideon's gold coins are about to conclude that they sold him a horse when the rancher's son Nathaniel confesses that he stole the coins while Gideon slept. Later, Parsons decides to abandon the men following the discovery of a dead armed bank robber (James Jordan), whom Gideon had killed earlier in an act of self-defense and whose bounty money exceeded that of Gideon's.
As Parsons is preparing to load the dead body to take to Carson City for the reward money, Carver shoots the horse - which he declares is his, leaving Parsons to walk the 30 miles back to town carrying the body. Encountering a railroad under construction, Gideon hitches his horse and steals some food. The foreman recognizes the stolen horse and detains Gideon.
Carver and his remaining man, Hayes, come upon the railroad site and search for Gideon. Meanwhile, Gideon escapes from custody and makes off with another horse. As Carver and Hayes draw within sight of Gideon, Gideon's horse can no longer take the strain of the heat and collapses.
Gideon kills the horse with his knife. When Carver and Hayes finally reach the horse's carcass, Hayes dismounts and marvels at what type of an animal would disembowel the creature. Suddenly, Gideon leaps out from the horse's belly, where he had been hiding, and grabs Hayes threatening to kill him if Carver doesn't give up his gun.
Carver instead decides to shoot Hayes with his last bullet. While confronting each other, Carver and Gideon recall the events that put them at odds. After the American Civil War had concluded, Gideon was ordered to track down former Confederate officers.
When he arrived in Seraphim Falls at Carver's home to interrogate him, Carver was out in a nearby field. To coerce Carver's wife (Angie Harmon) into revealing his whereabouts, and believing that their house was empty, Gideon ordered their barn to be set on fire. A soldier searching the house carelessly knocks over a kerosene lantern.
The blaze quickly spreads as Carver returns from the fields. While the soldiers detained him, his wife and son ran inside the house to save their infant child who was still in a bedroom. Trapped by the flames, all three perished.
Gideon, racked with guilt over the tragedy, is seen dropping his gun belt and walking away from his men. The two men fight, but Gideon eventually gets the better of Carver. He points him in the direction of a town and tells Carver that he will get nothing but trouble if he continues his pursuit.
Gideon takes the horses ridden by Carver and Hayes and sets off, deeper into the countryside. Both men find a rare pool of water, guarded by the Indian Charon, who extracts dear payment from each so they might continue their journeys. Both are visited by the mystical Madame Louise, who offers them a Faustian bargain: to trade survival items (Gideon's horse, Carver's water) for something that will perpetuate their feud (a bullet for Gideon, a gun for Carver).
When Carver catches up with Gideon, both are on the brink of exhaustion and death. Confronting each other again with their pistols, Gideon wounds Carver. However, instead of killing him with his knife, he offers himself to him.
Carver decides not to shoot him and throws his pistol aside. Gideon helps Carver to his feet and they walk in different directions into the distance. As a final gesture Gideon discards his knife (his weapon of choice throughout the film)..