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The Old Way is a 2023 American Western film directed by Brett Donowho, from a screenplay by Carl W. Lucas, and starring Nicolas Cage as a retired gunman on a mission to find the outlaws who killed his wife.
- The Old Way Plot Synopsis
- Who Is Jimmy McCallister? Why Did He Kill Ruth?
- Are Briggs and Brooke Psychopaths?
The film begins as a small town in American West prepares to hang a man. Briggs is there as the hired gun for the most influential and affluent man in the town, who is also the instigator of the hanging. The only sign noting that we are looking at a younger version of Briggs is his ridiculous mustache. The man about to be hanged, Mr. McCallister, a...
Jimmy is the son of Mr. McCallister from the start of the film — the boy Briggs spared. As he later relates to Brooke, the day his biological father died was when he was born. In the subsequent years, he turned into the monster he is now, crediting Briggs for the transition. He even considers Briggs as his second father and calls Brooke his sister....
It is established in the film that Briggs and Brooke don’t respond to grief like other people. The Marshal speaks about this to one of the members of his posse when he recalls that Brooke didn’t cry after her mother’s death. We later learn that she has inherited this trait from her father, who can’t cry either, though he can feel immense grief. How...
Colton wanted to kill James to avenge Ruth, but his daughter had to finish the job for him because if he killed James first, Eustice would kill Brooke, leaving Colton alone. He chose to kill Eustice to avoid losing his daughter as well; he had already lost his wife, and didn't want Brooke to suffer the same fate.
Jan 13, 2023 · What happens in The Old Way ending? Somehow, in all his years in Hollywood, Nicolas Cage never managed to make a Western. Now, he has two coming out, the first of which is The Old Way, directed by Brett Donowho. A classic Western, it follows Cage as Colton Briggs, a one-time relentless bandit who eventually settles down. But his former life of ...
- Anthony Mcglynn
Jan 10, 2023 · Screen Rant spoke with Cage about his new Western The Old Way and what drew him to the Western genre and why the script reminds him of Charles Bronson as Harmonica. Cage explained how he finds the unique voice for each of his characters and praises the work of his co-star Armstrong.
- Joe Deckelmeier
- Host / Interviewer
Jan 6, 2023 · I caught up with Cage to chat about why he picked The Old Way as his gateway project to the genre, his reaction to the trailer for his highly-anticipated Dracula movie, Renfield, dropping...
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Jan 6, 2023 · The Old Way is a Western film released in 2023, starring Nicolas Cage as Colton Briggs, a former gunslinger turned respectable family man. Directed by Brett Donowho, the story follows Briggs as he is forced to confront his violent past when a threat emerges against his family.
