Captain John Boyd

Captain John Boyd is the main protagonist of the 1999 Western horror film, Ravenous. He is a veteran of the Mexican-American War who's plagued by PTSD, cowardice and general combat incompetence.
He is portrayed by Guy Pearce.
== Story ==
Captain Boyd is a traumatized Veteran of the Mexican-American War of the 1840s. As a Lieutenant going into his first battle, Boyd panicked when his unit was caught in a devastating ambush and rather than attempting to fight back or lead his men to safety, Boyd instead played dead in the hopes of saving his own life. When the Mexicans began collecting and burying the bodies from the battle Boyd found himself in a pile of bodies when, for no apparent reason, a powerful surge of strength and determination filled Boyd. This allowed him to break free, kill several enemy soldiers, and capture the nearby Mexican commanders.
At first the Army intends to present Boyd as a clever and ruthless hero, but it soon becomes obvious that despite his single brave action Boyd's nerves are shattered and he's incapable of presenting the heroic facade the Army wants. General Slauson responds by giving Boyd a reassignment to Fort Spencer, a ramshackle and barely manned fort near the Sierra Nevada mountains whose only purpose is to serve as a stopping point for pioneers traveling to California.
== Personality ==
John's experiences in the Mexican-American War, particularly him being buried under a mountain of corpses, have clearly left him with severe PTSD. He spends the entire film as the designated wimp (even admitting that he won his medal for cowardice). But in the end he shows some degree of bravery, as he decides to fight Ives, using all of his new cannibal superpowers.
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