Steel Dawn is an action film from the year 1987.
Set in a
post-apocalyptic desert punk scavenger world setting, this film stars
Patrick Swayze as a man who fights with a
cool sword and-
Stop
exploding, damnit! And the
rest of you, stop that
squeeing! This is a
very serious page and you will treat it respectfully!
Ahem. The movie follows a quiet man named Nomad, who on his travels runs on to Cord, one of his war buddies. Cord tells him he has been appointed to be the
sheriff "peacemaker" to the town of Median. They are suddenly attacked by Sho and his cronies, who have been hired by
Damnil to make sure that he is the only commanding presence in the area.Cord is killed, and Nomad vows for revenge. He then sets out for Median, where he meets
Determined Homesteader Kasha and her son Jux. As he becomes closer and closer to them, the day of reckoning closes in...
And if the summary doesn't make it clear, this film rips it's plot from the classic western
Shane.
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