Film Review: The Harder They Fall just about earns its spurs

"whereas most neo-Westerns emphasise the mud, blood and sordid banality of the Old West, this is a technicolour fantasy"

"The characters’ ridiculous posturing is good fun, even if it does tend to detract from the drama, and overall The Harder They Fall just about earns its spurs."

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The Harder They Fall (15A) stars Jonathan Majors as Nat Love, the leader of the Nat Love Gang and the sworn enemy of Rufus Buck (Idris Elba), who killed Nat’s parents when Nat was a 10-year-old boy.