News Of The World Review: 7 Ups & 3 Downs

By Jack Pooley / January 14, 2021

3. There's A Fantastic Mid-Film Shootout

Though Greengrass ditches the tradition of transporting the hero from shootout to shootout, the big, grandstanding set-piece half-way through the film sure doesn't disappoint.

Without giving much away, Kidd and Johanna end up assailed by three former Confederate soldiers-turned-criminals in the mountainous wilderness.

Kidd is thoroughly outgunned, though uses the high ground and some unexpected ingenuity from Johanna to fend off the foes, in what's one of the more memorably creative set-pieces from any recent western.

It's easily the film at its most ingeniously constructed, taking full advantage of everything at its disposal to deliver a thrilling action sequence.