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Forsaken is a revisionist western film directed by Jon Cassar , from a screenplay by Brad Mirman. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 16, A flashback shows a young boy, recently dead, and his distraught mother.

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John Henry Clayton returns home to his father, Reverend Samuel Clayton, who informs him his mother died some years ago. John Henry was unaware, as he had been drifting for 10 years following his time fighting in the American Civil War. John Henry and Samuel are estranged because Samuel is ashamed of his son's supposed exploits following the War.

He goes to town with his father who warns him to avoid some suspicious men; their leader, saloon owner James McCurdy worries that John Henry will be a "problem". John Henry also encounters his past lover, Mary Alice, whom he learns is married and has a son. After a tense encounter in town with Frank Tillman, John Henry and his father argue about his exploits and lack of faith in God following the atrocities of the Civil War.

McCurdy's gang, along with "Gentleman" Dave Turner, rides to a farm to coerce a man to leave.

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Another cowboy murders the man, to Dave's dismay and Dave kills him in return. Sometime later, when Frank goes to another farm to remove its owner, others in town ambush them. McCurdy grows increasingly aggressive in his attempts to displace the local landowners to suppress their rebellion. Tom is angered when Mary Alice rides off to nurse John Henry.

Now concerned about his wife's feelings, Tom is persuaded by McCurdy to simply sell his land and move away so that John Henry could not "steal" his wife.