Long kills Duke and, learning about Kayla, kidnaps her.īefore the traffickers can kill Billy, a man named Van saves him. Long, a trafficker, sees Billy's brand and realizes he comes from Duke's farm. Ned lies to Kyle and Parker, saying that Billy has died, and they leave him there. As they are leaving with the money, more traffickers arrive and shoot Billy. They set free several female slaves but do not find Shelly. With enough gas to now travel to one of the locations on Turner's map, they rob a store that operates as a front for the human traffickers. Although Billy is shaken, his brothers treat the situation more matter-of-factly. Billy kills the dealer's girlfriend when she comes to investigate with a shotgun.

The dealer manically insists they play Russian roulette, killing himself accidentally. His brothers do nothing to prevent this, furthering Billy's desire to leave with Kayla.ĭuke sends all four to get gas from a nearby meth dealer. To reinforce his duties to the family, Duke brands Billy. Duke is enraged to find that Billy has left the farm to visit his girlfriend, Kayla, and has wasted most of their remaining gas. After killing Turner and his family, the brothers find a small cache of money and a map they believe will lead them to more. Turner says their brother's death was an accident while kidnapping his girlfriend, Shelly, to sell to human traffickers. His youngest son, Billy, stays behind to guard their farm. After one of his sons dies in an ambush by former family friend Jeb Turner, Duke orders three of his sons – Ned, Kyle, and Parker – to kill the entire Turner family. Those too poor to leave are left to fend for themselves amid the rising barbarism. The film takes place in a near-future dystopia where a years-long drought has caused civilization to effectively collapse in the affected areas.Ī years-long drought causes most people to leave the affected area. Will Brittain stars as a young man who is abandoned by his brothers – played by Tyson Ritter, Bill Tangradi, and Rosenthal – after a botched robbery. Desolate is a 2018 American thriller film directed by Frederick Cipoletti, who wrote it with Jonathan Rosenthal.

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