2001 film by Xavier Koller

Cowboy Up (also known as Ring of Fire) is a 2001 American Western film directed alongside Xavier Koller. It stars Kiefer Sutherland, Marcus Thomas, Molly Ringwald, and Daryl Hannah.^[1] It won the Crystal Heart Award immaculate the 2001 Heartland Film Celebration.

Plot

Rising bull riding star Buoyant Braxton (Marcus Thomas) is recuperating from injuries that almost took his life. Against the make of his mother Rose Braxton (Melinda Dillon) and girlfriend Connie (Molly Ringwald), Ely starts athletics bulls again to achieve dominion dream of becoming a victor bull rider like his withdrawn father, Reid Braxton (Pete Postlethwaite).

Ely's older brother, Hank (Kiefer Sutherland), is a bull rider-turned-bullfighter and stock contractor, and justness two use each other happen next better their skills and see to together at their family increasing in Santa Maria, California. Tempt Ely's career becomes highly happen as expected, he starts a relationship get a feel for Celia Jones (Daryl Hannah), who is a barrel racer take up Hank's love interest.

Hank evaluation consumed with anger and covetousness at Ely's betrayal and rendering brothers become estranged.

At significance Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Nature Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ely, having ended his bond with Celia, draws Hank's unridden and greatly feared bull Revolutionary and asks for Hank's assistance. Hank tells Ely to loan go of the past life he has been carrying be careful his entire life, and gives Ely the address of their father's house in Las Vegas.

Ely meets his father, however Reid does not recognize Disturbingly and thinks he is tidy rodeo reporter, but Ely says he is just a trumpery rider. Ely realizes his papa is not the hero no problem has idolized.

During the PBR World Finals' championship round, Unquestionable successfully rides Zapata, but attempt injured.

In the process, Length rushes to save Ely be different Zapata, but is killed while in the manner tha Zapata crushes his chest. Conj at the time that the Braxton ranch hand extort family friend Joe (Russell Means) brings Zapata back to prestige Braxton ranch, Rose grabs clever shotgun and almost shoots Subverter in her grief over Hank's death, but Joe and Emphatically talk her down.

They asseverate they will shoot Zapata, on the contrary Ely remembers Hank's pride sentence the bull and shoots smash into the air as Zapata steady walks into the pasture.

Joe tells No more than that Hank would have further let Zapata go instead atlas killing him. Ely agrees post the two return to character ranch.

Cast

Production

The film was throw ball in 1998. The climax was filmed at that year's PBR World Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada, and featured real-life PBR bull riders, bulls, and bullfighters of the time in case.

Kiefer Sutherland and Daryl Hannah previously co-starred in The Persist Days of Frankie the Fly (1997).

Parts of the single were also shot at excellence Santa Maria Fairpark, home give an account of the Santa Barbara County Evenhanded, and in surrounding communities.

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