The Son

This whole town...

Look here. Damn time.

We're under attack, sheriff.

They're coming after us.

Who are? What are you talkin' about?

Tell the sheriff what you saw.

I was comin' around the corner there,

and I saw a bunch of Pedro garcía's men

running away from the fire.

I shouted at 'em to stop, but they took off.

How many men did you see running away, Louis?

Four, maybe five of 'em.

I shoulda followed 'em, sheriff. I know I should've, but..

The fire went up so fast and I had to tend to that first,

so I ran for the water truck and... you did the right thing.

We're gonna fight back. You hear me?

Look, you don't have to convince me.

I'm just trying to get all the facts before I go

banging on Pedro garcía's door in the middle of the night.

Those are the facts! He just told you!

All right, niles. All right.

You better stay with the car.

I'll be fine.

Colonel, thank god you're here.

Pedro garcía burned down my saloon.

We need your help.

I wouldn't be anywhere else.

Everybody, gather 'round.

Most of you have known me a long time.

Yes, sir. Mm-hmm.

You know I'm a patient man.

I'm a deliberate man.

I'm a fair man.

But tonight, once again, we were attacked.

Tonight, this war continues against us,

against our women and children, against our way of life!

And make no mistake... It is a war.

And what have we done to stop it?

Look around at yourselves.

You're all brave men,

but what have you done to stop this?

Not a goddamn thing.

That's right. He's right. Mm-hmm.

Truth is...

I am guilty of hesitation.

Because I believed that this problem

was gonna go away on its own, but it has not.

Our enemies are not common bandits or common thieves.

They're not after gold and land.

They're determined to destroy our way of life,

and their weapon of choice is terror.

So they burn down homes.

They derail trains.

They shoot innocent people in broad daylight.

And now I'm hearing that they have been aided and abetted

and supported by one of our own!

You all know the garcías were there

when our ranch was hit.

People are saying that maybe

they had something to do with it. Is it true?

I don't know, but I sure as hell want to find out!

And what are we gonna do?

Do you think we should continue to do nothing?!

No. Do you want to look your wives in the face

and tell 'em you did nothing?!

No! You want to look your children

in the face and tell them you did nothing?!

No! No more innocent men being murdered.

No more buildings being burned in the night.

No more. Do you want justice or not?

Yes! Are you with me?!

Yes! Are you ready to go and deliver that justice now?!

Yes! Let's get 'em.

Let's get 'em.

Hello! Hey!

Maria! Let me in!

Maria!

Peter.

What's wrong? What are you doing here?

I need to talk to your father.

No. N-no, that's not a good idea.

What is this? Pedro, you need to let me in.

I don't think so. We need to talk.

You're all in danger.

What is it?

My father found oil on your land.

Did you hear what I said?

I heard.

I'm just trying to figure out

why your father sent you to say this.

My father didn't send me.

He did everything he could to stop me from coming.

Why would you do this for me?

I think you know why.

Maria. Maria.

Why is your father doing this, Pete?

What does he want?

There's oil on your land.

Get out of my house! Mama.

We should all go.

My father doesn't start fights he can't win.

Pete.

You have to help me convince your father.

Convince him of what exactly?

Convince him to leave.

I don't know what to believe, Pete.

Is your father doing this?

Or are you? Or is it both of you?

At this point, it's everyone in town.

You have to go. No. Why?

No one wants you here. Do you understand that?

They've all been waiting for an excuse.

My father gave it to them.

So we just run over the border in the middle of the night?

Yes.

This is the United States.

There are laws here.

Not right now there aren't.

We're not running, Pete.

You're gonna protect us.

You are going to stop him.

I can't believe you're back.

Barely made it.

Everyone thought you went back to the whites.

Everyone?

None of that matters.

You're here now. We have to move quickly.

Come on. Help. Let's go.

Go where?

You came back to get me.

Didn't you?

I don't understand.

Why are you here? You could've run.

I belong here.

Tiehteti?

What happened? Where were you?

Where's prairie flower?

Stay back. What'd you do?

What did I do? You disappeared.

So you just went and got married, just like that?

I had no choice.

This is our way. You know this.

You have to go away, Eli.

I can't see you anymore.

Tiehteti. Where is he?

Tiehteti. Come on.

Come with me.

Four horses?

He pushes me off a cliff, and you get four horses?

Four horses is a lot.

I could have died. But you didn't.

And now I have four more horses.

You can have two of them.

It's not right. The punishment should be bigger.

I don't think he was very happy about it, either.

He'll have to borrow the horses from prairie flower's father.

It's not about the horses.

There are other girls. We'll find you a different one.

It doesn't work like that.

I love her.

And she's with someone else now.

Then I'll kill him.

Comanche cannot hurt another comanche.

You're free, tiehteti.

If you want to go back to the whites,

no one can stop you.

But if you want to be one of us,

then you'll live by our rules.

Understand?

Clean this up.

Tomorrow, we go hunting.

This is beautiful. Mm.

Try not to shoot yourself.

Did you cut the phone lines? Yes, sir.

Get that dynamite ready!

Once we lay down enough fire to pin 'em down,

we'll blow the door.

You ready? Ready.

You got the shotgun?

Just surrender yourself, Pedro!

I will not.

How many of you did I personally welcome

when you came to this town?

How many have dined here at my house

with my family?

And now here you are.

To kill me.

To take my land.

You turned my bar into a goddamn bonfire!

No.

I would never destroy property in this town.

It is my home.

My family has lived here for two centuries.

How long have you lived here, niles Gilbert?

How 'bout you, sheriff?

Minister frank, how long have you lived in this town?

To me, you are all intruders.

Carpetbaggers.

Canallas.

And you, Eli, you, now I see my mistake.