Jake Lonergan is played by Daniel Craig in Cowboys & Aliens.

HistoryEdit

Jake Lonergan was a wanted outlaw. Jake was in the middle of nowhere when he woke up. Jake had no memory of how he got out there nor how he got a strange bracelet on his right arm and a strange chest wound. Jake has a picture of a woman in his pocket. Jake tried to get the bracelet off his arm with a rock to no avail. Jake was then found by three men on horses and a dog. The three men tried to take Jake and see if he was worth anything. Jake then took one their knives and guns. Then killed them all. Jake then borrowed some of their clothes, guns and one of their horses. Jake puts the picture of the woman in his hat and then takes the dog with him. Jake then went into the town of Absolution. Jake then went into the back of a church to clean himself and his wound. The preacher, Meacham, then holds Jake at gunpoint, but when Jake says he was just bandaging himself, the preacher takes him in ands stiches up the wound. Jake then comes out and watches as Percy Dolarhyde messes around. When Percy comes up to Jake for a Donation, Jake punches him out. Percy then shoots a citizen by accident and is arrested. Jake then goes into the saloon for a drink of whiskey. Jake is then approached by a woman named Ella, who inquires as to where Jake got his bracelet. When Jake tells her that he doesnt know, Ella then asks if he remembers anything to which Jake says just English. The town's sherrif, Sheriff John Taggart, along with a few of his deputies, recognizes Jake as a wanted man. Jake tries to tell them that they got the wrong man, to no avail. When the sheriff and his men try to take Jake in, Jake fights back and then holds the sheriff at gunpoint, telling him that he wants to be left alone. Ella knocks him out and the sheriff and his men take Jake to the jailhouse. When Jake comes to, Percy is in the cell block next him. When Percy starts laughing at him, Jake knocks Percy out. The sheriff comes and Jake tries to tell him that he's not the man he's looking for. When the sheriff hands jake a wanted poster for himself and realizes that he must be the Jake Lonergan they're looking for. Jake then asks what he did to get this. Sheriff tells Jake that he has robbed many stagecoaches and has murdered the woman in the picture. The sheriff then takes Jake and Percy in irons to a coach to take them for trial in Santa Fe. Just as they're doing, Percy's father, Col. Woodrow Dolarhyde and his men then ride up. After Nat Colorado identifies Jake Lonergan, Dolarhyde tells the sheriff to release both Percy and Lonergan to him. Dolarhyde tells the sheriff that Lonergan stole his gold on a stagecoach and wants it back. Jake's bracelet then starts to beep and strange flying machines come into town and start shooting and taking people. When their coach is knocked over, Jake finds out that his bracelet can shoot through anything. When Jake shoots him and Percy out of the carriage, Jakes shoots one of the flying machines down and the rest of machines go away. Jake, Dolarhyde, and the remaining townsfolk than see that these things were demons. Dolarhyde then approaches Jake and inquires on where Jake got that bracelet, to which Jake says he doesn't know. Though Dolarhyde tries to get Jake to join him on his hunt for these demons, Jake goes ahead, alone that night. In the morning, he reaches his cabin which has a big hole in the roof. Jake then goes inside and then has a flashback. Jake had returned to his his cabin and to his lover, the woman in the picture. Jake then puts flowers on the table for her, along with pieces of gold. She tries to tell tell him to return the gold, calling it blood money, though Jake refuses to. Then the cabin starts to skake and the gold on the table melts and is absorbed through the ceiling. Then something makes a hole in the roof. Jake and his lover are then taken to a place with other people. After Jake's flashback, he then rides on. Jake then sees that Ella has been following him. Jake then ambushes her and asks her why she wanted him to stay. Ella tells Jake that these demons killed her family and that Jake is the key to finding the aliens, though he doubts. Jake leaves her and resumes his riding alone. Dolarhyde, Colardo and some of the townsfolk form a posse and find Jake and join him, despite Jake being reluctant. They follow the trail till nighfall and a storm comes. Jake and the posse take shelter in a steamboat that had been turned upside by the demons possibly. While Jake and Ellla were cleaining and going to bed, Jake's bracelet starts to beep. Jake and Ella then head down stairs where Emmett Taggart is attacked by the demon they were pursuing. After the preacher is mortally wounded, Jake tries to kill it with the bracelet but it escapes. Jake then goes over to the preacher, who asks if the boy is safe. Jake says he is and the preacher then dies. In the morning, before returning to the hunt, Jake and Doc bury the preacher and say a few words about him. When Jake and the posse reach some mountains, they are ambushed by bandits. When one of the bandits, Hunt, calls Jake boss, Jake , realizing that this is his former gang, then improvises and asks Hunt how many men they have. At first, Hunt doesnt know what he means and Jake punches him. When Hunt gets up, he says there are about thirty of them here. Jake and the posse are then taken to the rest of the gang. When Hunt rides up to Pat Dolan, who is scournful towards Jake. Dolan then asks Jake if Ella is the whore Jake left them for. Dolan also asks Jake where the gold Jake stole from them was, to which Jake says he doesnt remember. Jake then tells the gang to get their weapons and to come with him. Dolan however refuses Jake, saying it is his gang now and that if Jake doesnt tell him where the gold is he'll kill Ella, who he keeps calling the whore. Jake tells Dolan that demons took the gold and to stop calling Ella a whore , to which Dolan doesnt believe nor do. Dolan then pulls his gun out and attempts to shoot Ella. Jake's bracelet then starts to beep and he sees the flying machines coming. Jake then shoots and kills Dolan with his bracelet and then Jake and the rest of Dolarhyde's posse ride to evade both Jake's former gang and the flying machines.