Last Resort Films Jukebox: Suburban

1. "Wish" - Diplo feat. Trippie Redd

2. "Gore" - Trippie Redd

3. "This Ain't That" - Trippie Redd

4. "Bad Guy" - Billie Eilish

5. "Walking on Sunshine" - Katrina and the Waves

Now Showing: Suburban

Suburban
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Todd Field
Writer: Alex Conn
Producer: John Malone
Cast: Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Woody Harrelson, Bruce Greenwood, Ellar Coltrane, Bella Thorne, Bailee Madison, Ray Romano, John Magaro

Plot: Jason (Colin Firth) sits in a small suburban bookstore where he is doing a signing of his latest aspirational book to a very modest gathering of readers. As the customers dry up toward the end of the day, Jason stares at his watch, waiting for the scheduled end of the event. Once the time comes, Jason hurriedly grabs his things and shuffles out of the store and out to his car.

Jason pulls into the driveway of his cookie cutter suburban house. When he gets inside, he finds his three sons fighting over a video game controller. Jason plops down on the bed but is quickly disturbed by his wife Jane (Laura Linney). She tells him that he needs to get ready for the Christmas party. Jason sighs and asks why they agreed to go to the thing again. She says it wasn’t her idea since it’s his friend that is throwing the party.

When Jason and Jane arrive at the party, they are greeted by the host, John Abt (Woody Harrelson). Jane excuses herself to get some wine. Jason tries to ask her to get him a drink too, but she’s already on the other side of the room. John introduces Jason to his friend Vincent (Ray Romano), who he explains is his partner in a new business venture. Jason and Jane are clearly bored at the party after a short while, and Jason questions his wife about what the least amount of time they can stay is without seeming rude. Jane jokes that staying for three drinks ought to be long enough. Jason laughs and quickly downs his drink.

Jason and Jane return home and their dog immediately starts trying to jump on them to play. Jason asks Jane if she wants to tell the boys to walk the dog. Jane rounds up their sons and tells them to get the dog ready for a walk. Jane tells Jason that she is going to tag along on the walk to burn off some of the wine from the party and asks Jason if he wants to join them. Jason tells her that he’s simply too tired to do anything else tonight.

Jane and the boys are out on their street walking the dog when a large Chevy Suburban hits all four of them with a loud crash. Jason wakes up from a nap on the couch to flashing lights and loud sirens coming from outside. He wanders outside where he sees his wife and sons lying on the street, bloody and lifeless, as paramedics try to save them. Jason runs over to his family, but he is restrained by a police officer on the scene.

In the morning, Jason is sitting in the waiting room of the hospital speaking with a detective, who tells him that they have arrested the people who committed the hit and run the previous night. Jason asks who they are, and the detective tells him that it was a bunch of drunken high school kids. Jason wants to know what their punishment will be, and the detective says that since they are all under 18 years of age, it will really depend on the judge that oversees the case. Jason grows enraged when a doctor comes out to talk to him. The doctor says that Jane is going to make it with only minor injuries, but that all three of his sons have died. Jason breaks down crying and asks when he can see his wife. The doctor says someone will come and get Jason once she is awake following surgery.

On the morning that Jane returns home from the hospital, Jason reads in the newspaper that the teenagers were only given fines and community service for running down his entire family. He begins angrily venting that the kids probably have rich parents who bought their way out of trouble. Jane tells Jason that she is just as upset about everything that has happened, but that there is no point in getting more angry than necessary about everything. Jason goes out to the garage and begins punching his sons’ punching bag until his hands are bloodied.

John Abt has Jason and Jane over for dinner at his house. He gives them his profuse condolences over dinner and drinks, assuring them if they ever need anything, he will be more than willing to help. Jane thanks Abt for his support, but Jason is sullen throughout the meal. On the drive home Jason and Jane stop their car at a red light. A car pulls up next to them, cranking music and blowing vape smoke out the windows. Jason looks over at them and recognizes the two girls in the car, Ella (Bella Thorne) and Aubry (Bailee Madison), as two of the kids who killed his sons. When the light turns green, the car speeds away. Jason starts following the car. Jane asks what on Earth he is doing, and Jason says that he recognizes the girls in the car from the newspaper.

Jason follows the girls all the way to a house party. He gets out of his car and looks through the window, where he sees another face from the newspaper, Tom (Ellar Coltrane). Jane calls out for Jason to get back in the car, which alerts the teenagers to his presence. Tom yells out that if he doesn’t leave the property, he’ll call the police. Jason says he should be the one calling the police, pointing out the beer bottle in Tom’s hand, stating that they’re obviously drinking underage and he can smell the marijuana smoke from inside. Tom laughs at Jason, saying that his dad is the district attorney, so he’s not worried. Frustrated, Jason goes back to his vehicle and wife and leaves the area.

The next day Jason barges into the office of District Attorney William Mason (Bruce Greenwood). Jason demands to know why the teenagers who recklessly killed his children are facing practically no consequences. Mason comments that he would never lock up teenagers for youthful indiscretions. Jason asks if he’s only saying that because Mason’s son Tom was involved. Mason demands that Jason gets out of his office before he has him arrested. Tom leaves the office, slamming the door so hard behind him that the glass shatters.

That night, Jason is sitting at home drinking when he hears a news report on the television about a disgruntled citizen harassing the district attorney earlier that day and that an investigation is underway. Jason throws the remote at the television, destroying the display, and scaring Jane. Jason’s phone then rings. He decides to answer when he sees it is John Abt. His friend urges him to come over to his house immediately to discuss an important matter.

When Jason arrives at John’s house, John pours him a drink and invites him to have a seat. John asks Jason if it was him that accosted the D.A. earlier that day. Jason simply nods his head. John smiles, saying he thought so. John says that he has been thinking long and hard about how he could possibly help Jason through the difficult time he’s been having, but now finally has an idea of what he can do. Jason stares at John, imploring him to continue. John asks Jason if he remembers his friend Vincent from the Christmas party. Jason nods his head. John explains that Vincent is a very powerful figure in the area and certainly has people in his employ that could perhaps take care of certain young people who have faced zero consequences for killing his children or perhaps a certain district attorney who abused his power to keep his son out of trouble. Jason asks John if he’s serious, and John suggests he set up a meeting where they could discuss such a possible arrangement.

John and Jason meet with Vincent at an Italian restaurant just outside the city. Vincent assures John and Jason that they are able to speak freely about business here since he owns the place. Jason sits by as John explains the entire situation to Vincent, who listens intently. After hearing the Jason’s plight, Vincent agrees to talk to one of his men about helping Jason take care of any individual he wishes.

Jason is at home when his doorbell rings and Jane goes to answer it. The man (John Magaro) at the door asks for Jason. Jane asks who he is, and the man simply says he’s the mechanic. Jane calls Jason to the door. The man tells Jason that Vincent sent him to help Jason with some mechanical issues. Jason walks outside the house and talks to Vincent in the driveway. Jason looks around to make sure no one is near, and then tells the mechanic that he wants Tom Mason killed. The mechanic nods his head. Jason asks if he wants to know why, and the mechanic shakes his head, telling him that Vincent has already told him everything he needs to know.

Tom, Aubry and Ella are all smoking weed in a house. The doorbell rings and Aubry excitedly gets up to answer, commenting that the pizza finally arrived. Tom and Ella take another hit from their bong while Aubry is up. When she answers the door, the mechanic shoots her in the head. He then enters the house and shoots Tom and Ella before they can even get up from the couch. The mechanic then walks out of the house.

The next morning, Jason goes out to get the morning newspaper from his front porch. He immediately notices the newspaper headline about a group of local teenagers being gunned down in what the police believe, based on the amount of drug paraphernalia at the scene, was a drug deal gone wrong.

On the day of Tom’s funeral, Jason goes to the cemetery and watches William Mason and his wife cry from a distance. Jason leaves when he thinks Mason has spotted him. Jason then heads to the Italian restaurant for celebratory drinks with John and Vincent. John asks Jason what his next book is going to be about.

Jason is at a signing for his latest book. This one is at much bigger bookstore and has a much bigger turnout of readers than the signing for his previous book. The line of people wanting their copy of the book, about how to manage grief after the loss of a loved one, leads all the way out the doors of the store. Jason is happily signing copy after copy until he is stunned to see that the next person in line is William Mason. Jason doesn’t know what to say. Mason tells Jason that they may have had a run-in previously, but Jason’s book has helped he and his wife tremendously and he now knows how Jason felt that day in his office. Jason signs Mason’s book and wishes him the best of luck with his grief.

Interview: Alex Conn

In this edition of Interview, Last Resort Films president Phil Dolan sits down for an interview with writer Alex Conn (A Life, Haunted) to discuss his success last season and his upcoming film, Suburban.

PD: After Haunted, Suburban will be the second film you've written to have John Malone on as a producer. What qualities do think he has brought on to the projects as producer?

AC: John is someone who I think who has possibly the biggest understanding of story that I’ve ever met. He’s also someone who is a cinephile and also understands the filmmaking and also the awards process. He’s been my mentor for a while now but with Suburban and Haunted he definitely took a bigger role.

PD: Suburban is arguably the most adult-oriented of your films to date. Without going into spoilers, what was your inspiration for the film?

AC: I guess it is my most adult film but yah it came from research a lot.I’m someone who kinda likes reading about the recent o post and I watched a video about Ethan Couch who got out of jail for saying he had “affluenza” and he killed four people driving under the influence. Something about that felt personal. I grew up in a very affluent town and I felt I knew a bunch of Ethan Couches. My parents who didn’t grow up rich though had a lot of values and kind of instilled them on me and I was kind of the quiet film kid in high school. So I had the idea for an Ethan Couch like event to happen but the main character would be a British immigrant motivational writer who has values and becomes fed up with the way the town handles his sons being murdered and he makes some questionable choices. In many ways the film is similar to a lot of my teenage films it is a character study and there are elements that come from my childhood. Also this is not an action film. There is violence in the film but not much. The film is very much about characters and drama and tension. This is not Taken.

PD: Haunted and Heights were both nominated for Best Original Story last season, giving you your first screenplay award nominations. How does it feel?

AC: Haunted is an incredibly personal film and I’m so glad that it got nominated for Best Original Story. I’m so proud of that film and I’m proud of that story and it really allowed me to kind of talk about my feelings and exorcise my demons through a film and I’m glad everyone liked it. Heights was an idea generated by both me and John Malone and I’m really proud of that film as well. I really love the performance by Tom Cruise in that film. I love that movie.

PD: What's next for you?

AC: My next project is an adaptation of the memoir by Tegan and Sara called High School. The book is incredible and I wanted to adapt it after reading it. The book is not a memoir of their life it’s just a memoir of their high school years and what’s interesting about the book is that the story is universal. The characters just happen to be Tegan and Sara but in the book and in the new film they could be just normal lesbian twins who are growing up loving music and struggling with their sexuality. So yah I’m excited about that and next season has some fun stuff that I’m not going to unveil including what I think is my best screenplay.

Release: Hex: The Cult of Cain

Hex: The Cult of Cain
Genre: Western/Action
Director: Chan-wook Park
Writer: Jimmy Ellis
Based on DC Comics characters
Cast: Brad Pitt, Elijah Wood, Alexander Ludwig, Paul Anderson, Bonnie Wright, Cary Elwes, AJ Cook




Budget: $100,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $120,459,094
Foreign Box Office: $105,093,476
Total Profit: $1,558,173

Reaction: This film had lower box office across the board, which obviously led to lower profits with this sequel barely breaking even at the box office.

"The magic that made the first Hex film so memorable was missing in this one. Where the first film had an interesting array of supporting characters, this film had very bland, boring side characters with almost everyone feeling miscast - especially the woefully cast Elijah Wood." - Evan Kane, Buffalo News

"While the film isn't as good as the first Hex film, there is still enough that goes right for me to recommend watching it. Brad Pitt gives another strong performance as the character."  - George Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer

"What went wrong? I imagine the change in writers didn't help this one as it seems like it didn't help this one as Dwight Gallo's first film not only seemed to understand Jonah Hex more, but it was also a far more colorful story." - Charles Triano, Los Angeles Times

Rated PG-13 for action violence and thematic material

In Development

Justice League Dark: Oded Fehr (Uncharted 3, White Chamber), August Diehl (Constantine: The Hellblazer, A Hidden Life) and Ghassan Massoud (The Story of the Assassin, All the Money in the World) will reportedly complete the primary cast of the latest DC Comics Universe film, Justice League Dark. Diehl will reprise his demonic role of Neron from Constantine: The Hellblazer, Fehr will play the sorcerer Felix Faust, while Massoud will play an ancient king. JA Bayona directs from a script by APJ and Jimmy Ellis.

Peter and the Shadow Thieves: Some new faces will board the new Peter Pan film in the form of David Tennant (Resident Evil 2, Doppelganger), Maisie Williams (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, How to Survive in Hell) and Vincent Cassel (Germinal, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic). Tennant will play a shadowy figure, Williams will play Tinkerbell, and Cassell will play a noseless pirate. Jon M. Chu is once again directing, this time from a script by Wesley Campbell.

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812: Michelle Williams (To the Other Side, Our Father), Donna Murphy ("Power", The Bourne Legacy) and Broadway star Brittain Ashford have all signed on to the upcoming musical adaptation from director Rob Marshall and writer Jacob Jones.

Burnt Dreams: Lily Collins (Misfit, An Ember in the Ashes), Patrick Wilson (Mortal Kombat II, Triple Identity) and Billy Crudup (Should've Been Here, Born in Brooklyn) will headline the new horror film from writer Ben Collins (Tail, Hollow Creek) and director Andy Muschietti (It, Mama). Collins will play a young woman who wakes up from a coma following a traumatic incident. Wilson and Crudup will play two doctors in charge of her care.

One Day More: John Malkovich (Crimson, The Queen of the Night) will headline a new fantasy drama from writer Jimmy Ellis (Hex: The Cult of Cain, Zatanna) and French filmmaker Laure De Clermont-Tonnerre (The Mustang, "The Act"). Malkovich will play a man awaiting judgment following his death. Shia LaBeouf (Fractured, Our Father) and Oscar Isaac (Coma, Girl in the Fog) will also appear in the film. LaBeouf will play a younger version of Malkovich's character, while Isaac will play a figure Malkovich meets following his demise.

The Hulk: It's official: Mark Duplass (Black Dublin, Scion) has signed on to star as Bruce Banner, a scientist who becomes the hulking title character following an accident. He will also be joined by Bryce Dallas Howard (Newbury Street, Rocketman) and Don Johnson (Blood on the Moon, Dragged Across Concrete). Howard will be playing a fellow scientist and love interest to Banner, while Johnson will be playing a military figure overseeing Banner's experiments. As it was already announced, Leigh Whannell (Upgrade, The Invisible Man) is directing the film from a script by Mark Newton (The Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer: The Power Cosmic).

Now Showing: Hex: The Cult of Cain

Hex: The Cult of Cain
Genre: Western/Action
Director: Chan-wook Park
Writer: Jimmy Ellis
Based on DC Comics characters
Cast: Brad Pitt, Elijah Wood, Alexander Ludwig, Paul Anderson, Bonnie Wright, Cary Elwes, AJ Cook

Plot: Plot: We open with old fashioned Western narration, detailing the past Jonah Hex film. The camera travels over the grassy plains until it reaches a cliff, where we see 3 silhouttes standing at the edge. As the camera settles we find ourselves behind Jonah Hex (Brad Pitt) and looking toward 2 angry men on horseback. For a moment they seem frozen in rage, eyes locked on Jonah Hex. Eventually they speak, and accuse him of killing their sister. There’s a moment of silence, then the camera turns to show a battered and bloodied Jonah Hex. His hands tied to the horses, and his already scarred face is dirtier than usual. Without a flinch he replies that she tried to ambush him. As he is speaking, he snaps the rope like a whip, causing one of the horses to buck its rider off the canyon. His other captor charges at him with rage, however Hex dodges, using the rope to trip the horse and send it to the floor. The rider’s weapon clatters to the floor and before he can reach it, Hex grabs him by the neck and hoists him up. For a moment Hex basks in the glory that is the fear on the captors face, we see a skull tattoo at the base of his neck as he throws the former captor off the canyon. The camera leads to the knife, as Hex picks it up and frees himself from his bonds. He then begins to walk off to a town in the distance.

A bustling saloon, the door swings open and immediately there is silence as Jonah Hex walks up to the bar. Without a single word he slams a wanted poster upon the wood, upon which we see the duo from before (along with their sister) labelled “The Charlotte Gang”. The bartender seems shocked, and before he can pay the bounty hunter, a voice calls Hex’s name from the back of the room. With his hand on his gun, Hex turns to see a delivery man with a letter in his hand. He scans over the letter, then turns back to the barkeep. Cut to the coins as they fall on the counter, and back to Jonah but this time he is on horseback entering a city.

In stark contrast from the town he just left, this city is overflowing with life and leaves, Hex is uncomfortable. He bows his head as he rides past women and children, jaws gaping. Meanwhile as he rides through town a much more professional looking man arrives at a decrepit old house. The police chief (Paul Anderson) greets him as Doctor Amadeus Arkham (Elijah Wood), and it’s clear that they are friends. The chief however speaks with extreme delicacy as he leads the doctor up to a second floor room. Nothing can prepare the doctor for the horrors he is about to see. A dead corpse of a woman with blood staining the walls in the mark of Cain. After a moment of silence Arkham delves into his medical analysis, he adopts a more fascinated tone with each sentence he utters. He identifies the symbol as a religious one, and recognises that the crime was not tied to sex or a marital disagreement. At that moment Hex begins to speak, correcting him from the back of the room from which he just appeared. As the pair stand shocked, Hex details a series of murders that have been happening around town, all dealing with prostitutes. He then hypothesises that the root of the murders might be a by-product of sexual inadequacy. Arkham stunned, agrees with his logic, before asking who Hex is. The chief answers describing Hex’s bounty hunter position and adding that they have hired his skills for this case at hand. Hex nods, then begins to leave, before the police chief nervously asks his destination. He explains a connection that he aims to look into. With curiosity Arkham asks to join him. Hex doesn’t respond instead he leaves silent.

Cut to a saloon, Hex approaches the bar closely followed by Arkham, he singles out a young woman. Before they reach her, however, a monster of a man, two times Hex’s height and build slaps her across her face. Hex turns stone-faced, and in seconds whips around the giant and lays a punch right in his face. The fight that ensues last only moments, as a fiery Hex beats the giant bloody. Surveying the area Hex acknowledges, Belle (Bonnie Wright), the woman, who acts as if nothing happened, even though the mark grows crimson on her cheek. He continues to maintain the charade however and asks only for her fellow nightwalkers. She seems to know very little, but she mentions a man with a skull ring that each woman had mentioned before they died. They finish talking and Hex turns and runs into Arkham, looking down upon him, as if he didn’t notice his presence. His gaze, questioning and intimidating. The scene cuts.

We see nightfall over 1800s Gotham City. We are reintroduced to Arkham in his home pacing the floor and talking wildly to his wife about the uncivilised stranger, ranting about the curiosity about him, how much raged seemed supressed below, only to show a strict moral code and law when faced with perceived injustice. All the legends he’s heard about the boy sold to redskins, the confederate deserter. His questions cascade, leading to one unanswerable question, who is Jonah Hex?

Its early morning, Hex sits in the corner of a bar. He looks sleepless and world-weary. As a waitress (AJ Cook) passes, he grabs her arm, requesting a drink. She snaps her arm away and refuses, gesturing to his confederate coat as the reason for her rejection. He fires back a response, turning his head to look at her with his disfigured eye saying “And he fought for his land, same as me.” With fear in her eyes, she hurries away to the back of the bar. As she leaves, Hex notices the police chief enter the building, and he calls him over. The chief approaches, nervous, more than usual, and avoids Hex’s glare. The chief tries to avoid the topic of murder, but to no avail, as Hex intimidates him into divulging the information he was here to bring. Belle had been killed. The beer arrives, and Hex takes a long drink, before wordlessly storming out of the building with the chief at his heels. Hex seemed to have a real connection with the young woman, and as they reach the location of the murder, his anger and resentment is almost palpable. He pushes past Arkham, who is there to greet them, and stands over Belle’s distorted figure. Arkham begins to explain the connection between the murders but Hex silences him, asking only if there was a skull mark on her body. Arkham says no, but reveals an invitation to a local high-brow ballroom was found clutched in her hands. After mulling it over, Hex pressures Arkham into revealing that he is also an invited guest to the event. A hint of a smile, albeit that of resentment creeps over Hex’s face.

The ball. Strictly upper-class, outdoing the saloon in style and numbers. The party is roaring, with the elite of Gotham all parading through. It is clear as soon as Hex walks through the door how out of form he is, drawing glances from everyone present. Arkham seems embarrassed, though far too uncertain of his role with Jonah Hex to speak up. Soon, the host (Cary Elwes) walks up to greet Arkham and introductions are made. They begin talking, Hex as distant from the conversation as he can get, before he begins to push through the crowd. He singles out one man and grabs him, pushing him through the crowd and into a closet of some sort. Pressing a revolver to his neck, Hex snaps the man’s finger to remove and hold the skull ring in front of the man’s seething face. Hex demands answers, demands to know the motive for killing the women, as anger courses through his veins. The man seems insane, laughing as his breath grows laboured, before reciting: “We are not our brother’s keeper.” With that he grabs Hex’s hand and pulls the guns trigger, sending his blood splattering against the wall. Breathing heavily Hex leaves the small room and enters the large crowd. As he heads for the front door, he bumps into the host, sending his hat flying to the floor. The host gracious as possible, reaches down for the hat, and on his hand Hex sees a skeleton ring. In shock, Hex begins to sweep the room, seeing the same skeleton ring appear again and again on the attendees. Snapping back to the conversation, the host seems to have been rambling about the police chief, who was meant to be in attendance that evening. Although he were possessed, Hex looks down to the blood on his hands, and pushes past the host. Before he can exit, however, Arkham accosts him “There you are.” And once more demands that he be allowed to go with Hex on his mission. Hex accepts, leaving Arkham surpised and in his dust. Arkham hurries to catch up.

As they hurriedly thunder through a Gotham alley on horseback, Arkham persistently requests their destination and purpose. Hex first ignores him, before silencing the doctor and turning his attention to the figures standing darkly before him. As the camera focuses, we see a bulky man with a skull tattoo upon his exposed bicep, and two corrupt police officers with the same brand on their necks. Under Jonah’s command, both Hex and Arkham charge at their opposition. In the ensuing fight, both are knocked off their rides and are forced to use pistol, knife, and fist to fight. Hex manages to kill the two officers but is pinned down by the brute. In a climactic moment, Arkham is forced to build up his courage and fire a bullet into the brute’s skull, killing for the first time in his life. He is amazed at himself and as Hex dusts himself off, Arkham takes his time to stare in curiosity at the corpse before him. The scene fades out.

We fade into a massive painting of Cain killing his brother, standing beneath the painting is Montrose (Alexander Ludwig), somehow managing to stand at the head of a round table. Gotham’s elite stand around the circumference, and in the middle of the table lies a single candle, stained with blood. They appear to be engaged in a ritual, praying to Cain and asking his intercession in their control of Gotham. Montrose acts as the cult leader, leading a rally to encourage their control of Gotham under the values of Cain, patron of organized crime. We cut back to Arkham and Hex, now in the empty office of the police chief. Arkham begins to go slightly insane recounting the feeling of killing, and Hex feels cold on the subject, emphasizing the distinction in justice between killing and murder. It quickly becomes clear that sins of the past have taught him this distinction, as he finishes his monologue, the room goes quiet. The fireplace flickers, and as Hex stares at it, a cinder falls upon a letter. A letter with a skull mark, and his name scrawled upon it. He slams his hand down to grab it, and concealed inside is an invitation to witness the “ascension of Cain’s sons.” Grabbing Arkham, hex leaves the letter to burn and heads for the door.

We follow Montrose as he walks the darkened corridors, candlelight flickering in his periphery. He enters through a set of doors to see the police chief, tied and bound to a large cross. As he approaches, the camera sweeps to reveal several of his upper class cohorts are following close behind. Montrose proceeds to breakdown the police chief piece by piece, threatening his family with the pain of Hell if he chooses not to work with the sons of Cain. Before they can break him fully, Hex appears with Arkham. Montrose turns to cast a smile of familiarity upon Hex. Hex is thrown off balance. Montrose, the leader of the sons of Cain, is a union soldier who tortured Hex and other Confederate members. Montrose taunts him about the torture, calling him a traitor and breaking down his isolation to the world bit by bit. He draws the comparison to Cain, the great betrayer, and attempts to get in Hex’s mind, demanding that the rules and moral code that he lives by would be better off left behind, in pursuit of revenge and revenge alone. No betrayer was held in higher esteem then Cain. Suddenly, Arkham shoots grazing Montrose’s side. A gunfight begins, as Arkham frees the chief and they stand against the elite community, leaving Hex to take his revenge against the one who tortured him. As bodies fall around him, Hex is stripped of his gun and uses his knife to slit the throat of his opponent, ridding the world of Montrose’s control. The movie ends as the sons of Cain are hauled away, and the police chief calls Hex in to discuss one final detail. Echoed on the lips of every patron put to prison was one name, the new reincarnation of Cain in their destructive cult: Quentin Turnbull. Hex parts ways with Arkham, who is bound to his city, and leaves with a new purpose, Turnbull in his sights.

Resume: Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt hasn't starred in very many project for Last Resort Films, but every one of them has made a pretty big impact. Next up for Pitt will be a reprisal of his Jonah Hex role in Hex: The Cult of Cain. For this edition of Resume, we will take a look at the filmography of this A-List star....



















Season 1

White Jazz
Director: Andrew Dominik
Writer: Dwight Gallo



Budget: $76,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $97,663,062
Foreign Box Office: $86,215,571
Total Profit: $72,498,223


Pitt's first film for LRF came in the first season of the studio's existence and was a pretty major success, especially for an R-rated crime film. Pitt was nominated for the first Best Actor GRA, while the film was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Director for Andrew Dominik.


Season 6

Shōgun
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Writer: Dwight Gallo



Budget: $94,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $71,606,074
Foreign Box Office: $124,810,636
Total Profit: $46,779,727


After a handful of seasons away, Pitt next returned to star in the Japan-set historical epic Shogun. Once again the film was a major hit at the box office. Critics enjoyed the film, but it received no GRA nominations.


Season 10

Hands on a Hard Body
Director: Richard Linklater
Writer: Chad Taylor



Budget: $35,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $67,932,556
Foreign Box Office: $55,494,671
Total Profit: $25,043,119


Next up for Pitt was a role in the ensemble hit Hands on a Hard Body from director Richard Linklater and writer Chad Taylor. Pitt's performance was well-received in the film, which garnered four GRA nominations, including Best Picture and Best Ensemble Cast.


Season 13

Hex
Director: Chan-wook Park
Writer: Dwight Gallo



Budget: $100,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $142,703,100
Foreign Box Office: $111,509,342
Total Profit: $15,095,294


Pitt next joined the studio's DC Comics Universe with a starring role as the scarred western bounty hunter Jonah Hex in the hit film, Hex. The film was a hit and received three GRA nominations, winning one, although none for Pitt's lauded performance.


Up Next: Following the release of Hex: The Cult of Cain, Brad Pitt surprisingly doesn't have any roles lined up with the studio.


Review:

• Highest Grossing Film: Hex ($254,212,442)
• Most Profitable Film: White Jazz ($72,498,223)
• Most Awarded Film: Hex (1 win, 2 nominations)
• Best Reviewed Film: White Jazz (Metascore: 83)