"It don't matter what's true," Ethan Hawke's sheriff says in this first trailer for Vincent D'Onofrio's latest turn as director. "It matters the story they tell when you're gone." There have been many tales told about Old West outlaw Billy
The Kid, especially on the big screen, but D'Onofrio has decided to try another. See the first trailer for The Kid.
And Billy – brought to life here by Dane DeHaan – isn't the only "kid", as the story also focuses on a young boy, Rio (Jake Schur), who is forced to go on the run across the American Southwest in a desperate attempt to save his sister (Leila George) from his villainous uncle (Chris Pratt in a rare bad guy role). Along the way, he encounters Sheriff Pat Garrett (Hawke), on the hunt for the infamous outlaw.
Rio finds himself increasingly entwined in the lives of these two legendary figures as the cat and mouse game of Billy the Kid’s final year of life plays out. Ultimately Rio is forced to choose which type of man he is going to become, the outlaw or the man of valor, and will use this self-realization in a final act to save his family.
Yes, D'Onofrio has essentially rounded up some friends, especially some from 2016's The Magnificent Seven, to have a crack at a Western. Stateside audiences will get a chance to see how it played out on 8 March, but there's no information on a UK date yet.
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