The Kid 2019

      Rio Cutler is a young boy and he kills his father with a gun because he was beating Rio’s mother to death.  Rio and his sister Sara go on the run across the American Southwest.  They are afraid their villainous uncle Grant will come after them and exact a price from them for his brother's death.  They encounter Sheriff Pat Garrett and he is on the hunt for Billy the Kid.  Initially, Rio believes he can trust Billy the Kid?  Then he believes he should trust Pat Garrett?  This is an adult decision and he's not sure?

     This film mixes fact and fiction into the legend of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.  There is a lot of brutality and this is a rough movie.  It also shows Rio making a difficult decision about Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett.  It’s easy to be in awe of both these men because of their reputations and the stories told about them.  They are on two sides of the fence, one an outlaw and the other a Sheriff.  I thought this movie was good and I could see all three sides of the story.  3 ½* (I liked this movie)   

          

100 min, Bio directed by Vincent D’Onofrio and written by Andrew Lanham with Jake Schur, Leila George, Chris Pratt.

Note:  Imdb 5.9 out of 10, Rotten Tomatoes 46% critic 50% audience, Roger Ebert 1 ½* Arielle Bernstein, Metacritic 51 out of 100 with 15 critics (6 positive, 7 mixed, 21 negative) 6.7 out of 10 with10 user scores (6 positive, 4 mixed, 2 negative), Common Sense Media Jeffrey M. Anderson age 17+, 2* positive 1 role, 5* violence, 2* sex, 4* language, 2* drinking, drugs & smoking. Letterboxd average 2.8* out of 5*, Amazon 3.5 out of 5* with 74 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Dane Dehaan in the role of Billy the kid was 31 years old during filming.  The real Billy the Kid was shot and killed at the age of 21 years.  Vincent D’Onofrio directs and costars with his real life daughter Leila George in the role of Sara.  D’Onofrio has the role of Sheriff Romero.