- A grieving snowplow driver seeks out revenge against the drug dealers who killed his son.
- Quiet family man and hard-working snowplow driver Nels is the lifeblood of a glitzy resort town in the Rocky Mountains because he is the one who keeps the winter roads clear. He and his wife live in a comfortable cabin away from the tourists. The town has just awarded him "Citizen of the Year," but Nels has to leave his quiet mountain life when his son is murdered by a powerful drug lord. As a man who has nothing to lose, he is stoked by a drive for vengeance. This unlikely hero uses his hunting skills and transforms from an ordinary man into a skilled killer as he sets out to dismantle the cartel. Nels' actions ignite a turf war between a manically unpredictable gangster known as Viking and a rival Ute gang boss. Justice is served in one final spectacular confrontation that will leave (almost) no one unscathed.
- Nels has just been honoured as citizen of the year for his hard work, keeping the roads snow free at an exclusive snow resort near Denver Colorado. When his son is murdered on the orders of a vicious Drug Lord nicknamed Viking, Nels takes vengeance on each of the men involved, moving up the chain of command with each killing. Viking makes the mistake of thinking the killings are the work of a rival Native American drug cartel and begins a war which ends in a finale of last man standing proportions. Extreme violence with more than a hint of dark comedy which doffs its hat to the Cohen Brothers in atmospheric style.
- Now that he's won ski resort Kehoe's prestigious "Citizen of the Year" award, the quiet family man and taciturn snowplough operator, Nels Coxman, is, officially, a pillar of the community. Then, his son Kyle ends up dead by a ruthless local drug cartel, triggering a radical transformation and a blood-soaked journey of retribution. One after another, the bodies keep piling up as Nels and his unforgiving sawed-off hunting rifle seek the "Viking," the one behind the murder of his only son. They say revenge is a dish best served cold. Who can stop Coxman, the pained father turned icy vigilante?—Nick Riganas
- Nelson "Nels" Coxman (Liam Neeson) lives a quiet life as a snowplow driver in the glitzy Colorado ski resort of Kehoe, where he was just awarded "Citizen of the Year". He serene life is disrupted when his son Kyle (Micheál Richardson) dies from a forced heroin overdose. Kyle is kidnapped by criminal enforcers Speedo (Michael Eklund) and Limbo (Bradley Stryker), along with, Dante (Wesley MacInnes. Kyle is injected with Heroine while Dante manages to free himself and run out of the van. Nels' wife Grace (Laura Dern) has a psychotic breakdown over her son's death and leaves her husband in grief. Nel is confident that Kyle was not a drug junkie.
A depressed Coxman is about to commit suicide when he learns from Dante (who was hiding in Nels storage locker) that his son was murdered by a Denver drug cartel. Nels learns that Kyle got involved with Viking's men, lost a bag of cocaine, which led to their capture and Kyle's murder. Dante says that Kyle didn't know about the cocaine and was framed by Speedo. This causes Nels to craft a custom sniper rifle and go after Speedo. He finds Speedo at a nightclub and beats him up to find that he works for Limbo (Bradley Stryker). Nels kills Speedo and throws his body into the river. Nels finds Limbo at a wedding dress shop where he works and kills him after learning that he works for Santa (Michael Adamthwaite) who flies in and out of Kehoe as the drugs supplier. Nels finds Santa driving on the road, and hits him with his snowplow. Nels beats Santa, but he doesn't reveal anything, forcing Nels to kill him as well. All 3 bodies are disposed off in the river, wrapped in chicken wire, so that fish can eat the flesh, the bodies wont fill with gas and rise to the surface.
The cartel's psychopathic drug lord, Trevor "Viking" Calcote (Tom Bateman), first suspects that these deaths are the work of his rival White Bull (Tom Jackson), a Ute with whom he has so far avoided conflict. Viking is increasingly frustrated with the murder of his gang members, and the loss of 10 kilos of cocaine. Viking's father had a deal with the Ute, with Ute being the distributors of the drugs and Viking's father being the supplier. Then the Ute wanted more and negotiated the control of Kehoe, which built a ski report and turned into a gold mine. Viking was secretly supplying drugs into Kehoe, breaking the deal and believes that White Bull retaliated.
Viking's son Ryan is being bullied at school and his Ute ex-wife Aya (Julia Jones) is fighting him for Ryan's custody. Viking keeps Ryan on a strict protein diet, with no sugars or treats. Mustang and Dexter are Viking's trusted men, who also look over Ryan. Mustang and Dexter are also in love with each other.
Viking has one of Bull's gangsters Baby Hawk (Kyle Nobess) murdered, not knowing it is White Bull's only son. This drives White Bull to seek vengeance, and he orders his men to kidnap Viking's young son Ryan (Nicholas Holmes) in retaliation, which starts a gang war. Avalanche is White Bull's trusted lieutenant.
Nels seeks advice from his brother Brock (William Forsythe), once a mob enforcer known as Wingman, and learns that Kyle was involved with Viking's cartel. Brock tells Nels that killing Viking requires a hired assassin, and he recommends a transplanted hit-man known as "The Eskimo" (Arnold Pinnock). The Eskimo agrees to kill Viking for Nels' US$90,000 (with 2/3rd paid to him upfront) but decides he can get another US$90,000 from Viking by informing him that Coxman has hired him for the hit.
Viking does not appreciate the Eskimo's "lack of professional ethics" and subsequently kills him. He thinks the Eskimo meant Brock Coxman, and he takes Brock in his car. Since Brock is dying of Colorectal cancer, he claims responsibility for the hits to protect his brother and says that he flushed the 10 Kilos of cocaine down the toilet. Viking realizes that White Bull did not murder his men at all. Kenoe officers Kimberly Dash and Gip put together all the murders in Kehoe and Kimberly suspects that their little town is in the middle of a gang war. She meets Nels and says that she doesn't believe Kyle was a drug addict, but Nels refuses to share anything with her.
Viking tries in vain to stop the gang war by using one of his own men (Dexter (Benjamin Hollingsworth)) as a scapegoat and sending White Bull the man's head. Viking claims that Dexter is the culprit and wants the old deal with White Bill reinstated. This is insufficient to placate White Bull, who shoots the messenger.
Meanwhile, Nels kidnaps Ryan from his prep school before White Bull's men can do so, in order to draw Viking into an ambush. White Bull's men identify the van to be from Kehoe and check into a town hotel. Nels treats the boy well and protects him from the violence to come. Ryan makes him read a story to him, before going to bed. Nels' identity is revealed to Viking by the prep school's janitor. Though promised US$10,000 for the tip, he too is killed after his disclosure.
Nels calls Viking and tells him to come to his house alone, and when Viking says it will take him 3 hours, Nels takes Ryan with him to work. While Viking was lying, as he already knew Nels' address and was minutes away, he finds the house empty; his men toss the place to find clues about the kidnapper. While Nels teaches Ryan how to drive the snow equipment, Viking's men find out where Nels works and heads out. Mustang (Domenick Lombardozzi), silently grieving over Dexter's senseless death, tips off the Ute, who are also in town.
Both parties arrive at the company site, and most of them are killed in the ensuing shootout. Viking, attempting to drive away, is trapped when Nels uses heavy machinery to impale Viking's car with a Shorn tree trunk, allowing White Bull to shoot Viking in the chest. He dies when found by Kehoe patrol officers Kimberly Dash (Emmy Rossum) and Gip (John Doman). Officer Dash spots Ryan driving in an industrial snow blower with Nels in the direction of Kehoe, but Dash chooses not to follow. As Nels leaves the property in his snowplow to continue his work, White Bull jumps into the cab; after initially holding Nels at gunpoint, the two men drive away together with both being satisfied for having avenged their respective children's death. The scene ends after Avalanche (Mitchell Saddleback) accidentally flies into the snowplow, being minced to death and shredded to bits.
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