In a Valley of Violence — Trailer

added: Tue, Jul 19th '16

Shortly after reuniting with Denzel Washington in this year's "The Magnificent Seven," Ethan Hawke will again travel back to the Old West to get in a fierce gunfight -- but this time, a dog is his only true companion.

Check out the trailer for "In a Valley of Violence," an old-school shoot-'em-up that finds Hawke in a tense face-off with a black hat-wearing John Travolta.

In the film, Hawke plays a military-trained gunslinger who arrives in a small Southwestern town with his loyal canine in tow. Hawke soon finds himself getting into a physical scuffle with the local hothead (played by The Wire's James Ransone), who turns out to be the violently reckless son of the town's beleaguered marshal (Travolta). The ego-fueled altercation sets off a sequence of events that eventually leads to Hawke waging a personal vendetta against the whole town.

Co-starring Taissa Farmiga (The Final Girls), Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim), Toby Huss (Halt and Catch Fire), and Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy), the film hails from cult horror filmmaker Ti West (The Sacrament, The Innkeepers).

"In a Valley of Violence" is slated to hit theaters, VOD, and Digital HD on October 21.

synopsis:
A mysterious drifter named Paul (Ethan Hawke) and his dog Abbie (Jumpy) make their way towards Mexico through the barren desert of the old west. In an attempt to shorten their journey they cut through the center of a large valley - landing themselves in the forgotten town of Denton - a place now dubbed by locals as a "valley of violence." The once popular mining town is nearly abandoned, and controlled by a brash group of misfits and nitwits - chief among them, the seemingly untouchable, Gilly (James Ransone) who is the troublemaking son of the town's unforgiving Marshal (John Travolta).

As tensions rise between Paul and Gilly, Denton's remaining residents bear witness to an inevitable act of violence that starts a disastrous chain reaction, infecting the petty lives of all involved and quickly drags the whole town into the bloody crosshairs of revenge. Mary-Anne (Taissa Farmiga) and Ellen (Karen Gillan), two bickering sisters who run the town's only hotel, try to find the good in both men, while desperately searching for their own salvation. Only the world-weary Marshal struggles to stop the violent hysteria, but after a gruesome discovery about Paul's past...there is no stopping the escalation.

directed by Ti West

starring Ethan Hawke, John Travolta, James Ransone, Karen Gillan, Taissa Farmiga, Burn Gorman, Toby Huss

release date October 21, 2016 (in theaters and on VOD and Digital HD)