A lone bounty hunter kills a member of an outlaw gang and all Hell breaks loose. When soon-to-be-legendary Billy the Kid's mother is killed in the gang's bloody retaliation, he is forced to team up with the mysterious bounty hunter to avenge the death of his mother. Soon, he'll discover that his and the bounty hunter's lives are fatefully entwined in this shoot-'em-up tale of gun smoke and justice in the Old West.
Hundreds of songs, books, motion pictures, radio and television programs, and plays have been inspired by the story of the outlaw Billy the Kid. Depictions of him in popular culture have fluctuated between a cold-blooded murderer without a heart and a sentimental hero fighting for justice. The Texas historian, J. Frank Dobie, wrote many years ago in A Vaquero of the Brush Country (1929): "...Billy the Kid will always be interesting, will always appeal to the popular imagination". While a plethora of writers and filmmakers have depicted Billy the Kid as the personification of either heroic youth or juvenile punk, a few have attempted to portray a more complex character. In any case, the dramatic aspects of his short life and violent death still appeal to popular taste, and he remains an icon of teenage rebellion and nonconformity. The mythologizing of his story continues with new works in various media.
