The Kid

14-year old Rio Cutler (Jake Schur) finds a way to be a friend to Billy the Kid (Dane Dehaan) when Sheriff Pat Garrett (Ethan Hawke) captures Billy. Rio needs Billy the Kid to help him rescue his sister Sara (Leila George) who was taken by Rio's very cruel uncle Grant Cutler (Chris Pratt). Rio trusts Billy the Kid more than he does Sheriff Pat Garrett.

This started out as quite violent in darkened scenes and no one could really tell what was going on. We do see Grant be quite violent towards Rio who killed his father who was brutally attacking and killing his wife. Somehow Rio and his sister Sara escape and they meet up with Billy the Kid.

We have all heard the story of Sheriff Pat Garrett killing Billy the Kid, but this is the other Kid's story who still needs to rescue his sister Sara.

I couldn't help noticing that Dane Dehaan as Billy the Kid sometimes had the look of Brad Pitt or maybe it was just me. (No, I saw it, too) Anyway, he had a lot of good scenes and you couldn't help rooting for him. And that Brad Pitt look he seems to have isn't going to hurt him and we'll see more of him I am sure. (Hey, don't forget about the very pretty Leila George, too, as Sara, and she can act.)

Hard to tell that was Chris Pratt as Grant Cutler with that beard. (Yeah, fooled me, too)

Notable: Vincent D'Onofrio as Sheriff Romero, and he also directed this movie. He did good. Kudos.

Now, how true any of this is up for grabs as we have seen many versions of the Billy the Kid story, and this was just another one.

All in all a good entertaining Western even though sometimes the violence was a little too much. The acting all around is first rate. It is nice to see that Westers are making a come-back. Well, let's hope. (7/10)

Violence: Yes, and more so than usual. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Humor: No. Language: Yes. Rating: B

This wasn't that bad. I mean, the preformances were really strong and I found the action pretty entertaining. Because the director took inspiration from Tarantino and Sergio Leone. Where this falls flat is the script. Itdoesn't make sense a lot of the times. Also in the beginning the pacing was really bad and slow. Overall, if you look at it in a technical way it's pretty bad but the way I look at it, I found it entertaining and fun. "The Kid" gets a B.

Billy The Kid is once again our protagonist in another retelling of the tale. Only this time the story of a brother and sister orphaned on the New Mexico frontier have their situation cross with last days of Billy The Kid.

Ethan Hawke is Pat Garrett and Dane DeHaan is Billy who seems to have drawn a lot from what Emilio Estevez did in the Young Guns movies.

Brother and sister Jake Schur and Leila George are on the run after Schur shoots his abusive father who had just killed his mother. They are running from Chris Pratt who is his uncle who wants vengeance on his relations.

It's their fate for the two kids to find shelter in a place Billy The Kid uses as a hideout and he comes there with a posse close behind.

Afterward Pratt catches up with the kids and takes George prisoner. It's then up to young Schur to decide who can help, Pat Garrett or William Bonney,

This is a decent well done western. Hawke makes a properly heroic Garrett, but the recklessness of Billy draws Schur in. Actor Vincent D'Onofrio late of Law And Order Criminal Intent directs this with a brisk style and he has a small part as another sheriff.

I'm sure The Kid will not be the last the big screen sees of Pat and Billy.

I'm not exactly sure what this film's ultimately message was, other than 'don't let one mistake define you' or 'don't let others define who you are' but I admittedly had some fun with this small western directed by Vincent D'Onofrio. Chris Pratt, Dane DeHaan and the lead kid, Jake Schur were great but the reason to see 'The Kid' is undoubtedly Ethan Hawke. Every time I think Hawke will take on a role unfit for him he proves me wrong. I'm of the mindset that he's one of the greatest actors of the last 30 years to be honest. His movies may not be commercially a huge success, but push comes to shove, there may not be a more consistently fantastic actor working today, period. His role as the real life Pat Garrett is yet another great example, and perhaps the sole reason why I left the theater very pleased.

7.0/10

An interesting tale of the west, mixing fact and fiction to legend of the Garrett and Billy the Kid relationship, two kids witnessing their parent being beaten to death, the altercation cause further chaos and they flee for their lives, thru this tragedy this incident determines their fate once they meet the infamous Billy the Kid, and the kids take a journey to a future with uncertainty in the lawless west, the performances in this film are quite well done, Ethan Hawke as Garrett is excellent as the weary lawman, another good performance is Chris Pratt as the evil relative was quite good, the movie moved along nicely toward a very relentless and violent conclusion, this one I enjoyed.