The Wild Bunch

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William R S One of my all time favorite westerns. Cutting edge violence, editing, direction and acting. The movie that put Peckinpah on the map and made his movies "must see" events (for me, anyway.) Saw this when it was released in 1969 and it's still as potent a story now as it was then. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/14/24 Full Review Cecilia S To say that The Wild Bunch is a violent masterpiece would not be an understatement. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/13/25 Full Review Kafe R Cutting edge for its time and still awesome today. Love the end section the best Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/13/25 Full Review Fred T They dont get much better than this. Sags a touch in the middle but the rest of it more than makes up for it. Required viewing. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/28/25 Full Review Jack F This is a violent and brutal movie, but tells the story in such a direct, no nonsense way that it stays with you for a long time. Sophie's Choice did not cover a pleasant theme, but it was so well done that it leaves an impression on you (or at least it did for me). The Wild Bunch is much the same. Some will be turned off by the violence, which there is plenty of, but it is displayed as almost an art form. Not all of life is sunshine and roses and The Wild Bunch deals with multiple dark themes in a simple, unrefined way that few other movies do. That's why it is called a Masterpiece. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/25 Full Review Hector I A film that appears fairly classic but has a rather interesting construction. A fairly classic film in its construction, but with a few rough edges. Synopsis: Two ex-bandits, one caught and working for the authorities (Thornton) and the other still at large (Pike), are after each other. The film opens with Pike's gang robbing a bank, only to be ambushed by Thornton. The bandits get away, but the loot is a fake, and Pike's gang crosses the border into the service of a bloody Mexican general, Mapache. While the script is classic - we follow a band of vigilantes who track down bandits - the direction completely reverses the roles. We follow the adventure from the bandits' side, and with them their moments of celebration (there's a lot of partying going on in the film). Every cinematic trick in the book is used to identify with the heroes, except that here the heroes are the bandits. The vigilantes are almost morally worse than the bandits, which puts bounty hunters and bandits in the American West into perspective. The film is quite bloody, almost burlesque, joyfully bawdy and often absurd. A wonderful discovery! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/11/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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