Rust

"Redemption isn't given, it's taken."

2024 2h 19m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 204

WesternActionDrama

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Infamous outlaw Harland Rust breaks his estranged grandson Lucas out of prison, after Lucas is convicted to hang for an accidental murder. The two must outrun legendary U.S Marshal Wood Helm and bounty hunter Fenton "Preacher" Lang who are hot on their tails. Deeply buried secrets rise from the ashes and an unexpected familial bond begins to form as the mismatched duo tries to survive the merciless American Frontier.

“Redemption isn't given, it's taken.”

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Cast

Alec Baldwin
Harland Rust
Josh Hopkins
Wood Helm
Patrick Scott McDermott
Lucas Hollister
Travis Fimmel
Fenton 'Preacher' Lang
Frances Fisher
Evelyn Basset
Rhys Coiro
Clete LaFontaine
Devon Werkheiser
Boone LaFontaine
Xander Berkeley
Blackburn

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Joel Souza
Writers: Alec Baldwin, Joel Souza, Joel Souza
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Joel Souza, shot by Halyna Hutchins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Lilie Bytheway-Hoy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor David Andalman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Alec Baldwin and Josh Hopkins and Patrick Scott McDermott carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Redemption isn't given, it's taken.".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt11001074 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Joel Souza directs. Halyna Hutchins behind the camera. Lilie Bytheway-Hoy scores. David Andalman cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 2 years ago.
2Directed by Joel Souza, shot by Halyna Hutchins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Lilie Bytheway-Hoy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor David Andalman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Alec Baldwin and Josh Hopkins and Patrick Scott McDermott carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Redemption isn't given, it's taken.".
7IMDB entry: tt11001074 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Halyna Hutchins
Original score: Lilie Bytheway-Hoy
Editing: David Andalman
Production design: Bryan Norvelle
Costume design: Terese Davis
Makeup / hair: Lisa Hill
Stunt coordinator: Allan Graf
Runtime: 139 min · 2h 19m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Rust (2024)

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Wuchak2026-09-10
★ 7/10
An aged outlaw (Alec Baldwin) helps a boy heading toward the gallows This flick is infamous for the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins due to live ammunition inexplicably being in Baldwin’s prop gun, which resulted in the armorer serving 15 months in prison before paroled. In the 1½ years it took to restart shooting, Brady Noon had to be replaced as Lucas Hollister by Patrick Scott McDermott. Disregarding all of this, is it worth watching? It’s an artistic slow-burn Western with excellent locations, developed characters, an effective sense of grim realism, and spurts of expected violence. Josh Hopkins stands out as the marshal sent to apprehend the fugitives, a man struggling with his son’s lethal illness and everything that goes with it. Travis Fimmel is also notable as bounty hunter “Preacher” Lang, who functions with the vestige of biblical faith, but has long since been compromised. Meanwhile Frances Fisher and Aria Alpert Adjani are on hand in small roles on the feminine front. At its core, “Rust” subtlety explores what King Solomon lamented as the “heavy burden God has laid on humanity” in Ecclesiastes 1:13. Think about it, there are two general views of existence: (1) That life and the Universe are one big meaningless accident and you're just an insignificant bug that will soon be squashed out of existence and memory; or (2) that there’s an intelligent design to creation and, although it's somehow “fallen,” there IS meaning, love, hope and purpose, even if we are presently unable to fully comprehend it. The movie evades a concrete answer, but there’s a touch of agape love and the corresponding redemption. Halyna Hutchins is fittingly honored in the end credits. It runs 2h 19m and was shot in Oct 2021 southwest of Santa Fe in northern New Mexico at Bonanza Creek Ranch and completed Apr-May 2023 at Yellowstone Film Ranch in southwest Montana. GRADE: B+

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