True Grit

Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) is a young girl who calls Yell County, Arkansas, home. Her father was recently murdered in Fort Smith, Arkansas, by a cowardly man named Tom Cheney (Josh Brolin), leaving Mattie to travel to Fort Smith to set the wheels of justice in motion. Once she settles her father's affairs and learns that the law is either powerless or unwilling (or both) to capture the fugitive Chaney, she solicits a tough but slovenly one-eyed U.S. Marshall named "Rooster" Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), who is said to be a man of "true grit," to do the job. Rooster is at first reluctant, but the ever-insistent Mattie convinces him to accept the task not through a sob story but with the promise of money. The deal is complicated by the arrival of a Texas Ranger known only as "LaBeouf" (Matt Damon) who is determined to bring Chaney to justice in The Lone Star State for the murder of a state senator. Mattie will not hear of it; Chaney is to pay for his crimes either in Arkansas or at the barrel of her father's Colt Dragoon revolver. The three nevertheless embark on a journey across difficult terrain to find Chaney, who is suspected of holing up with a gang led by the notorious criminal "Lucky" Ned Pepper (Barry Pepper).