Through it all, Kidd is the archetypal lone cowboy who's not looking for trouble, but finds it anyway. There's a horribly tense 10-minute shootout in an unforgiving landscape, as well as a dramatic 'you're not welcome here' sequence in a backwards outlaw town where Kidd stirs up a revolution. That doesn't mean News of the World is entirely without its thrills, and Greengrass leans into the tropes we expect from a Western. It's mostly a sedate road-trip Western that focuses on the growing bond between Kidd and Johanna. It's a more traditional movie than we've come to expect from Greengrass, without a hint of frenetic hand-held camera moves in sight. It's a journey that will see them face numerous challenges across hundreds of miles of unforgiving wilderness, and a journey that could see both of them find somewhere to call home.Īnyone after Bourne-style thrills should know that's not what Greengrass and Hanks – reuniting for the first time since Captain Phillips – are going for here. The Civil War veteran reluctantly agrees to deliver Johanna where the law says she belongs.
She was taken in by the Kiowa people and raised as one of their own, but was being taken back to her biological aunt and uncle when the soldier escorting her was killed. Kidd shares tales of devastating catastrophes, political dealings and gripping adventures from around the world, but finds himself in an adventure of his own when he comes across 10-year-old Johanna (Helena Zengel) on the road.
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