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The Wild Bunch

Turkish title: Vahşi Belde

“Unchanged men in a changing land”

1969 · 2 h 15 min
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
ActionAdventureDrama

Cast

William Holden Ernest Borgnine Robert Ryan

Credits

Written by: Walon Green

Plot

In 1913, an ageing gang of outlaws led by Pike Bishop takes part in a botched railroad office robbery in Texas, which turns into a massacre. Pursued by bounty hunters led by a former partner, they cross into Mexico and take on a job for a corrupt general, leading to a final, ferocious shoot-out. Sam Peckinpah's 1969 Western, with its slow-motion violence, challenged conventions of the genre and is a landmark of the New Hollywood.

Sinekatalog’s take

Peckinpah's elegiac western sends aging outlaws on a final job in 1913. Its slow-motion shootouts and bloody finale changed screen violence, and the film mourns the end of the West.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (94,933 votes)
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