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Sombre, grim and slow The Last Son drags itself to an inevitable ending like a terminal disease. There's never any doubt how this little slice of misery is going to end but despite only running for 92 minutes it seems a lot longer. The cast crawl through every scene as if on the verge of collapse through exhaustion. There is no light and dark here, only inky blackness made even deeper by the constant howling wind and jarring electronic soundtrack. It's all been done before and a lot better too, 2005's "The Proposition" springs to make mind. Track down that movie and give this one a miss.

Terrible script, beautifully filmed. Amazing scenery and lighting. Very weird/cool soundtrack. But, it could have been so much better. The first 30 min is like a 'mumblecore' film, I had to use subtitles. It picks up a bit, but never really gets going. If you're bored, on a cold night, you could do worse than to watch this. But, I wouldn't go out of my way.

Good movie slow at times but the story makes up for it. Lots of blood shoot outs killing. I thought a great old western movie for the new age. Sam Worthington is unrecognizable and amazing actor. Had some good WTF moments that I didn't see coming. Ending could have been 20 minutes longer to explain some things but still worth a watch.

Even a half-decent cast couldn't save this drearily paced script. (I say half-decent because although Thomas Jane has been in some good movies, neither Sam Worthington nor Heather Graham ever need to get excited around Oscar nomination time).

The story itself seemed a little stupid as well. Worthington is cursed that he will be killed by one of his offspring (should have kept it in his pants) so he kills them off first before they get a chance to do him. It seems like most of them were totally unaware of who he was anyway, so if he had just left well alone, he needn't have worried. By going out of his way to find them, he actually puts himself at risk. The story was so slow and dreary that I ended up fast-forwarding through most of it. Even so, I knew what the ending was going to be. I rated it a generous 3 (and one of those was because of the cameo appearance by Heather Graham's nipples!).

I love Westerns, but there have been some absolutely dire ones released in the past couple of years. I am keeping my fingers crossed that "1883" will live up to expectations.

Acting was good however, the script and the horrible editing gave this movie it's fatal blows.

What on earth was with the pointless and constant landscape views and mindless walking with no meaning.

Disappointed because the cast was a recipe for success.

Total waste of time , nothing much happens & then.... The End....... Boring gave this movie a chance even watched right to the end wish I had'nt , my advice give it a miss.

My god, reading some of these reviews for this movie makes me so sad.

I've seen bad films and I can say this western does not deserve anything under a 5.

It's an engaging film and as for a western it's dark and thrilling. Reminiscent of Never Grow Old, which was an under-appreciated film for sure.

Good acting and directing.

THE GOOD - Acting and directing and great addition to the western genre THE BAD - A bit slow and yes, redundant in some aspects.

7 out of 10 .

People that give this films such low reviews and write like immature 4th graders need to try to construct a real opinion and leave it for people who want to know more about a film before renting.

No need for these cruel remarks. Geez.

Greek mythology mixed up with the Wild West. What may sound good with the potential of some pulp fiction quality, the movie does not deliver - bad and cheap cinematography/production, story just drags on and on. Anyway, sometimes an experiment works well, sometimes not - this time it did not work, at least for me.

In dark western "The Last Son" hoarse bearded professional killer Sam Worthington is cursed by the Cheyenne to die by his own child - so resolves to slay them all, most notably equally psychotic outlaw Machine Gun Kelly (son of prostitute Heather Graham) and his quiet half-sister Emily Marie Palmer: who both independently aim to kill the old man first. Meanwhile, over the same harsh cold landscapes that they track each other, lawman Thomas Jane hunts Kelly. Paths cross & bodies pile as it winds (a bit slowly) to showdown. There've been better recent westerns, but director Tim Sutton, writer Greg Johnson & the notable cast do a decent job. Not so bad.

Another in the long line of waste of time westerns, attempting to emulate real classic well made westerns. It even had an attempt at gravitas at the end, with a dramatic..Ha! Voiceover. But by then i had given up caring?

I am looking for a gatling gun that when fired kills all humans in it's wake, but avoids horse's , wagons, tents and any other extraneous objects? It even managed to kill 3 men on the other side of a wagon and horses, without any damage to the foreground? C'mon if your going to create a shoot out....at least try to make it realistic? Cartoon dialogue and ridiculous premise.............who the hell green lights this trash?

This is not a modern western with unknown elements . This movie is the basic payment to characters and design and lighting design and dialogue . A rewrite of genre , that has been started from 90' s Western movies.

A 10 year old could predict the ending to this movie. Acting was really good, script was really bad. Machine Gun Kelly surprisingly does a pretty decent job as his role but even that couldn't make up for the lack luster story. Very disappointing film.

I was able to enjoy this movie in that the scenery was quite good and Sam Worthington's acting was excellent. However, the plot fails to pass the reality test in several ways - which I won't go into for the sake of avoiding spoilers.

If you like the western genre and are ok with minimalist dialogue, you'll probably find this movie enjoyable.

The movie was found lacking in many different ways; one would be the acting was sub-par, the dialog was unrealistic for the time period and pointless. There were scenes that never move the movie forward as they too were pointless and confusing leaving you wonder why they were included. There was no character development and no reason to cheer anybody on. Not one single character in this movie went through any sort of a character arc or transformation.

It appeared like the movie was a conglomeration of all the cutting floor scenes slapped together.

They were trying to move the story along through scenes without dialogue. But those very scenes were pointless in themselves and adding nothing to the story.

This is an instance of where the trailer was better than the movie.

Well done western style movie. Machine Gun Kelly surprised me... probably one of the more believable characters. Acting was good. Way too predictable though..

Cursed that he will be killed by one of his son. Which causes him to search for them, to kill them

And that is why the story is ridiculous for one. Who are the parents who will kill their own kids. Start a film like this, is just the thing that prepare you to feel something is off. Nevertheless, it's not the point I would like to make.

You can't look at this movie normally. Not a story, but more of a tale, if you can spot the difference. Because the story can't be enjoyed normally the way we usually immersed inside a world of fiction.

It's an arthouse film. Ironically a retro, and if you think western film is a time before the retro time, you're right. I don't know why they chose western to present this tale, because the style is modern all over. An eerie retro arthouse style, to sum up. It's okay to watch this in home when you're bored and just want something for a change of scene.

After a decade of making one superhero movie after another, this movie is a classic example of how Hollywood has forgotten to make movies.. MGK should stick to rapping or just dating Megan Fox.

The movie is a bitter and raw western. The story develops slowly, but it grows more and more and holds you back, so when you reach the final 20 minutes you really see the thing happening and be surprised by the plot. I really liked it, but you need to be patient and like the genre.

Despite a good revenge plot the movie is somewhat missing from the very beginning,even worthington performance or graham's. Presence couldnt save the film and towards the 2nd half the plot is predictable....the bgm is trying to add metallic power to the film....overall a time watchable usual western drama.

Thought it was very stupid. Couldn't get past his mumbling voice. Had to go put on closed captioning to understand what the heck he was saying. Basic generic western. Not for me.

There was nothing good about this movie - the dialog was pitiful which didn't matter because the sound quality was terrible - the acting was very poor and the only reason I gave it 1 instead of 0 was it was in english.

The movie wasn't the worst I've seen but far from the best. The scenery was beautiful. I think the cast did the best they could with a lackluster script. Sam Worthington was excellent and I found Colson Baker to be excellent as well. Heather Graham fell short for me but it could be the role. I would have enjoyed a bit more character development and background about the prophecy. It is best described as a Greek tragedy set in the western genre. Too bad the full potential of the story and cast wasn't utilized. I still recommend watching it. It is only around 95 minutes.