Starting off as a survival tale and chase film with shades of Jeremiah Johnson, Man in the Wilderness and Death Hunt, Seraphim Falls follows Gideon (Brosnan) as he is chased through the frozen,
wooded mountains of New Mexico by
Carver (Neeson, utilizing his
old Next of Kin drawl) and his cadre of bounty hunters (including Michael Wincott and Ed Lauter).