What is either right or wrong is that punctual decision, based upon the facts of the case at just that instant, and the just
war tradition delivers the criteria for adjudicating that decision.
Kudos, then, to producer / star Natalie Portman and director Gavin O'Connor (Pride and Glory, Warrior) for keeping their sights steady and
delivering a handsome post-Civil
War western that's enamoured of genre
traditions even as it offers a revisionist riff.