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Movie Review for Wild Bunch, The
Movie Review for
Wild Bunch, The
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23 Reviews total.
Release date: 1969
Run length: 148 mins.
Categories:
Action/Adventure
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Drama
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Western
Summary:
An aging band of outlaws makes one last score and heads to Mexico with a band of bounty hunters on their heels. They leave a trail of bloody mayhem and violence along the way.
Reviews of Wild Bunch, The
By
Marjorie Baumgarten
of Austin Chronicle (7/0)
A brilliant script, cinematography, editing, and performances complement the whole picture.
By
Dave Kehr
of Chicago Reader (7/0)
The on-screen carnage established a new level in American movies, but few of the films that follo...
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (7/0)
Seeing this restored version is like understanding the film at last.
By
John J. Puccio
of DVDTown.com (7/0)
The Wild Bunch is a landmark Western and a good, thoughtful, rousing adventure besides.
By
Scott Weinberg
of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
There are some wonderfully exciting action scenes, although much of it comes off a little bitters...
By
Emanuel Levy
of EmanuelLevy.Com (7/0)
Peckinpah's masterpiece, which is replete with poetic and violent imagery, demystifies the Old Am...
Reviews of Wild Bunch, The
By
Chris Cabin
of filmcritic.com (7/0)
the sign of change in the old formula, the advancement of technology and time in a genre that bru...
By
Kevin N. Laforest
of Montreal Film Journal (7/0)
Peckinpah tells intense tales of male bonding, where honor and loyalty are the codes to follow, e...
By
Jeremy Heilman
of MovieMartyr.com (7/0)
It's a thoroughly modern movie, and has barely aged a bit since its release, since it places itse...
By
Dennis Schwartz
of Ozus' World Movie Reviews (7/0)
This is Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece.
By
James Kendrick
of Q Network Film Desk (7/0)
Although all of Peckinpah's films are important in one way or another, The Wild Bunch clearly sta...
By
Dragan Antulov
of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
It is impossible to write a history of modern cinema without mentioning The Wild Bunch.
Reviews of Wild Bunch, The
By
James Berardinelli
of ReelViews (7/0)
Not only does The Wild Bunch illustrate Peckinpah's mastery of his medium, but it presents a stor...
By
Peter Stack
of San Francisco Chronicle (7/0)
A true cinematic touchstone, the film has influenced a generation of movie makers, from Scorsese ...
By
George Powell
of San Francisco Examiner (7/0)
By restoring 10 minutes to the film, the complex story now fits together in a seamless way, filli...
By
Tim Dirks
of Tim Dirks' The Greatest Films (7/0)
The Wild Bunch (1969) is director Sam Peckinpah's provocative, brilliant yet controversial Wester...
By
Whitney Willaims
of Variety (7/0)
Film at 145 minutes is far over-length, and should be tightened extensively, particularly in firs...
By
Vincent Canby
of New York Times (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
The Wild Bunch takes the basic elements of the Western movie myth, which once defined a simple, m...
Reviews of Wild Bunch, The
By
Chris Hicks
of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (6/1) No reference
An incredibly involving and exciting piece of filmmaking.
By
Matt Easterbrook
of Matt's Movie Reviews (3/4) No reference
A good western, and a good movie in general.
By
James Rocchi
of Netflix (3/4) No reference
Time may have diminished the film's shock value, but time hasn't faded The Wild Bunch's immense a...
By
Rumsey Taylor
of Not Coming to a Theater Near You (3/4) No reference
The film does not highlight genre traits, and replaces them with a violence unparalleled in the g...
By
John A. Nesbit
of ToxicUniverse.com (6/1) No reference
ranks as a work of art, and revives love for pure cinema
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Seven Arts Productions Movie Studios
Warner Bros. Pictures
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