<P> Two Texas Rangers, Marcus Hamilton (Jeff Bridges) and Alberto Parker (Gil Birmingham), are on the case . Hamilton, who is close to retirement, quickly determines the brothers' methods and personalities . Meanwhile, Tanner robs another bank while Toby unknowingly waits at a nearby diner . They take the stolen money to an Indian casino in Oklahoma to be laundered . They exchange the stolen bills for chips, some of which Tanner uses to gamble . Toby then has the casino convert them into a check made out to the Texas Midlands Bank--the same bank they robbed . With untraceable funds and gambling as a cover for how they were acquired, the brothers head back to Texas . </P> <P> It is revealed that the brothers' mother died recently, leaving their ranch in debt due to a reverse mortgage provided by the Texas Midlands Bank . If the debt is not paid off in a few days, the ranch will be foreclosed . Toby is determined to pay off the mortgage to ensure a comfortable life for his estranged sons because oil has recently been discovered on their land . They rob Texas Midlands as a form of frontier justice . It is also revealed that Tanner shot and killed their abusive father . </P> <P> Hamilton stakes out another branch of the Texas Midlands Bank, but the brothers don't show . Hamilton figures a pattern to the robberies and determines their next target . Hamilton and Parker are en route when the final robbery indeed occurs there . Pressed for time, the brothers proceed with the heist even though the bank is full of customers . A shoot - out ensues when a security guard and an armed civilian fire at the brothers and Tanner kills the guard and the civilian . Toby is shot in the abdomen as they are ambushed by a waiting posse of armed townspeople outside the bank . </P> <P> The brothers race out of town with a larger posse in pursuit . After gaining some distance, Tanner stops and fires an automatic rifle at the posse, forcing them to retreat . The brothers then split, with Toby taking the money using another vehicle, while Tanner creates a diversion . He draws the lawmen off the trail to a desert mountain ridge where he takes potshots with a sniper rifle, killing Parker . Hamilton uses a local resident's knowledge of the area to circle behind Tanner, and kills Tanner with a single head shot using the local's rifle . </P>

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