Dark brooding western starring John Cusack

Oh my, the western film gods have been hard at work! Seems like a new western trailer is dropping every week of late. Never Grow Old places John Cusack in the center of a dark western thriller. 

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Set in the harsh American frontier landscape of 1849 the film is about greed and its consequences. It is a Faustian tale of outsider Patrick Tate who lives with his young family on the outskirts of a relatively peaceful frontier town until outlaws take over and kill all those who challenge them. Patrick plays a dangerous game befriending and profiting from the outlaw’s mayhem and it is only a matter of time before he must protect his own from the bloodshed.

The film was released theatrically (limited) and digitally March 15, 2019. Get out and support western cinema, check your local theater showtimes to see if the film is playing in your area. 

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