In the sun-scorched expanse of the American Southwest, director Kaiwen Ren crafts a taut and atmospheric thriller that follows two estranged brothers, Leo and Sam, who are forced to reunite when their family’s remote cattle ranch begins to suffer a series of brutal, unexplained attacks. As the dry earth cracks under an oppressive heat, the brothers must set aside a decade of bitter resentment to protect their dying father’s legacy. Their investigation into the mysterious predator stalking their herd pulls them into a harrowing confrontation with a shadowy land developer who has been buying up neighboring properties through intimidation and violence. The film’s gritty, neo-Western tone blends the stark beauty of the desert landscape with a mounting sense of dread, as Leo’s reckless impulsiveness clashes with Sam’s cautious pragmatism. With each hoofprint in the red dust leading them closer to a devastating truth, the brothers discover that the real threat is not the creature in the hills, but the human greed that has been circling their homestead for years.