It's 1870. Former confederate soldier Captain Kidd (Tom Hanks) travels from town to town reading the newspapers for a paying audience. On the road, he comes across a lynched black man and a little white girl (Helena Zengel). She's a Kiowa child who apparently was taken from settlers many years ago. Kidd is forced to take the child back to her surviving family.
Director Paul Greengrass is doing a John Ford western. It's sort of like The Searchers. Tom Hanks is doing his everyman. The little girl is terrific. They have good chemistry together. It's a very simple road movie. It's all good... except for Greengrass standard shaky cam style. It doesn't really fit the genre. He needs a tripod. There are a few scenes that need some work but mostly it's the shaky cam.
Director Paul Greengrass is doing a John Ford western. It's sort of like The Searchers. Tom Hanks is doing his everyman. The little girl is terrific. They have good chemistry together. It's a very simple road movie. It's all good... except for Greengrass standard shaky cam style. It doesn't really fit the genre. He needs a tripod. There are a few scenes that need some work but mostly it's the shaky cam.