However, Sab Than proposes peace if he marries the Helium Princess Dejah Thoris. The evil leader of Zodanga, Sab Than, has received a powerful weapon from the Thern Matai Shang.
He learns that Mars, called Barsoon, has been at war for thousands of years between the Helium and Zodanga, and this war is destroying the planet. However, he is captured by the Tharks and becomes their prisoner. John has the ability to jump high and has his strength increased due to the gravity of Mars. They are surprised by a Thern and John Carter kills him, and the alien’s medallion transports John Carter to Mars. They are attacked by the Apache and they hide in a cave. However, John Carter escapes and Powell chases him. In 1868, the Colonel Powell tries to force John Carter to join the army to fight against the Apache and arrests him. He receives from John Carter’s attorney his diary and weird instructions to be followed, and Edgar immediately starts reading the journal. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.Įdgar Rice Burroughs, who is the nephew of the rebel widower veteran of the Civil War and gold hunter John Carter, has to attend the funeral of his uncle after his sudden death. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents-townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors-all in danger of annihilation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he’s been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world.
Danville finds himself the reluctant leader of a small group of townsfolk against the extraterrestrial insect onslaught. Just before he’s to be hanged, voracious giant bugs from outer space fall to earth to gorge themselves on the uranium deposits found in the town’s ground. High Plains Invaders casts the former Spike of “Buffy” and “Angel” as Sam Danville, a guilt-ridden outlaw who arrives in a small Old West town to be executed for his various crimes. Highly recommended, one of my all-time favorite movies.
Even still, the movie stands alone and it a great addition to any sci-fi and weird west collection.
The movie gives us a nice ending to the story closure for those of us so attached to our TV show that ended far too soon. Captain Malcolm Reynolds leads the crew on jobs both legal, and less so. Some crew members have moved off the ship to permanent locations, but other than that it’s business as usual aboard Serenity Firefly-class small cargo spaceship. Directed by show creator Joss Whedon (his first feature film, as he went on to direct The Avengers) the movie is set a few months into the future from where the show leaves off. Serenity is the “sequel” to the tv show Firefly.