Western about Calhoun helping to overcome land-grabbing outlaws.

John Travers und sein indianischer Freund Yak sind auf der Suche nach mysteriösen “Schatten” und seiner Bande. Als Sheriff Davis vom “Schatten” getötet wird, übernimmt Travers den neuen Job. Als sie schließlich zwei Bandenmitglieder des “Schattens” fangen, erfahren sie, dass die Gang ihre geheimen Pläne in einem Wandsafe verstecken. Travers macht sich auf die Suche nach den Plänen, um endlich dem “Schatten” das Handwerk zu legen.

CREMASTER 2 (1999) is rendered as a gothic Western that introduces conflict into the system. On the biological level it corresponds to the phase of fetal development during which sexual division begins. In Matthew Barney's abstraction of this process, the system resists partition and tries to remain in the state of equilibrium imagined in Cremaster 1 ...

The Three Mesquiteers are forced to track down a train robbery ring after some of the gang hijack their truck for a getaway and the police conclude they are part of the gang, an identification which is just fine with the gang's nameless chief.

John's struggle to provide is bolstered by the childlike faith of his son who considers the meaning of Christmas. After a stagecoach rider visits Christmas eve, John must believe that troubles are temporary, and miracles can happen.