The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch

1969 · 145 min · EN · R · 7.6 (1,394 votes)
Dir. Sam Peckinpah · Starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Jaime Sánchez, Warren Oates, Edmond O'Brien · Music Jerry Fielding

“Unchanged men in a changing land”

Western

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

VIBE

A visceral, dust-caked elegy for a dying breed, this film feels like a thunderous, blood-soaked farewell. It's a defiant roar against obsolescence, steeped in the brutal poetry of loyalty and the tragic beauty of men facing their final stand. Expect explosive, meticulously choreographed violence.

grittyelegiacviolentdesperatedefiantmelancholicpropulsiverevisionist Westernhyper-stylized violenceepic scopeensemble character studyloyaltyobsolescencehonor among thievesthe end of an eraviolent redemption
underdogfriendshipbounty hunterrobberytexasmexican revolutionhonorgangshootoutsoldiersteam locomotiverighteous rage
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