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James Allen Mangold (born December 16, 1963) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Noted for his versatility in tackling a range of genres, Mangold made his debut as a film director with Heavy (1995) and gained recognition for the films Cop Land (1997), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Identity (2003), Walk the Line (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and two films in the X-Men franchise with The Wolverine (2013) and Logan (2017), the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He then directed the sports drama film Ford v Ferrari (2019), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and directed and co-wrote Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), the fifth and final instalment in the Indiana Jones series. For the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown (2024), Mangold was once again nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay and his first nomination for Best Director. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Mangold, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Marc Marigold and Fletcher Davis, outlaws closer than brothers, set their sights on the ultimate score: a royal train owned by crime kingpin Oscar Minerva. But Oscar was ready. His men lay in wait, ambushing Marc and Fletcher the moment they board. Captured and bloodied, they’re given a brutal choice—only one can live. Fletcher sacrifices himself, staying behind so Marc can escape. Broken but determined, Marc sets out to build a team to save him. During a bank robbery, he meets Jonathan Jordan, a disillusioned bank teller spiraling into a midlife crisis. Struck by Marc’s reckless freedom, Jonathan offers to join him. Together, they storm Oscar’s fortress. In the chaos, Jonathan snipes Oscar dead. Victory, however, isn’t sweet. Fletcher, hardened by six months under Oscar’s rule, refuses to leave. He sees a chance to turn the criminal empire into something better. Marc, heartbroken, leaves with Jonathan, but not empty-handed—Fletcher gifts them a bruised, half-healed bodyguard: Brutas Birmingham. Marc, Jonathan, and Brutas retreat to Bo’s Bar, where Marc’s old friend Bo Hunter still tends drinks. Bo lost his daughter, Alice, to Marc’s violent past, but the bond between them held. With Bo’s help, and that of his scrappy 17-year-old ward Pete Ramson, Marc makes a decision: they’re starting an agency. One that will rival Fletcher’s empire—and maybe, save their own souls.
