Opening with one of the most ominous beginning montages and one of the best shootouts of any Western, the bar is set high. The brilliant soundtrack and breathtaking cinematography take up the torch, and lead us through a winding, suspenseful storyline. The three lead men (Holden,...( read more)
The Wild Bunch is probably one of the more honest depictions of the old west, as Sam Peckinpah's powerful direction gives you a real sense of realism.
I loved the chemistry between the actors, and how the shootouts where a lot more authentic than most other westerns.
A great western with gritty violence and unforgettable characters. The innovative shots of slow motion brought more artistic depth to the brutal action scenes, and Sam Peckinpah should take credit for it. Holden and Borgnine gave great performances, and so are the others. The Cli...( read more)
I've really become a big fan of Peckinpah lately. I love his use of slow motion: randomly mixed in with high speed gunfights and fast and loud sounds of screams and gun shots. the way his films look and feel is something that i really respect about him. while i loved the beginnin...( read more)
The principal subject of the movie is the end of the old Western and the last Cowboys. In 1969, it was a controversial movie for his stylized violence, with many scenes filmed in slow motion.
One of the best westerns of all time. It is a very violent film. I can see some things in here that influenced other directors like Woo. Woo especially, the whole innocents getting slaughtered during action scenes. It's also gloriously bloody. I like that a western actually h...( read more)
A brutal western venture that aims to blur the normalities of story progression and the thematics prevalent of this genre. Possibly more than any other film of its category, The Wild Bunch confuses the notions of good and bad, right and wrong, as we merely follow certain "sides"....( read more)
Até os 20 primeiros minutos mais ou menos, ele é genial. Depois disso é enrolado e chato.
Just one last score...
"When you side with a man, you stay with him! "
And then there is action and great filming. Not the regular westerngenre, nope.
Peckinpah's poetic tale of masculinity is a sight to behold. A truly brutal and beautiful film about the death of the old west. Holden, Borgnine, Oates, O'Briejn and Ryan are marvelous as the last of a dying breed.
Westerns, action and film were all never the same after The W...( read more)
Somehow I don't see how this is a classic. I mean it's on the AFI's Top 100 list. To me, this isn't all that great. It was more of a drive-in flick than a true classic. I will no doubt say that the directing was incredible. The way he portrayed death and murder by showing all dea...( read more)
A group of unlikable characters get in a jam and shoot a bloody path of destruction. Or something like. I guess technically is was innovative with the piano wire of over the top violence, but by the end of the film, I didn't care.
A film made by men, about men, for men. I suppose I can understand why people might not like this if they were total pussies.
Pike Bishop: [talking about the railroad] There was a man named Harrigan. Used to have a way of doin' things. I made him change his ways. A hell of a lot of people, Dutch, just can't stand to be wrong.
Dutch Engstrom: Pride.
Pike Bishop: And they can't forget it... that pride....( read more)
I really liked this one despite all the naked, shiny women and surpluss of alcohol and blood... it was really really well made for 1969 and I loved all the slow motion falls and quick cuts between things happening simultaneously. I think the editing was the best part or this mov...( read more)
"We're not gonna get rid of anybody! We're gonna stick together, just like it used to be! When you side with a man, you stay with him! And if you can't do that, you're like some animal, you're finished! We're finished! All of us...( read more)
I need to revisit this one. Haven't seen it in years. But I remember it as amazing.
el Oeste nunca habia sido tan salvaje, y aun no es tan salvaje como en esta pelicula...
a no-holds-bard breakthrough of a movie. just amazing cinematography. epic gun fights, betrayal, survival, outliving society...stellar acting performances as well. a gripping, graphic story about Old West outlaws reaching the end of their Old West. a classic Western in its own ...( read more)
The quintessential "death of the West(ern)" film. Peckinpah was honorably amazing in his quest for brutal realism on screen. Love what the Monty Python group did in tribute to him with the lawn party. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid also salutes Peckinpah's vision....( read more)
Phenomenal! Excellent action scenes and superb editing. The final battle when the remaining 4 members take on 200 Mexican soldiers is outstanding. Excellent use of slow-mo effects.
William Holden, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates star in Sam Peckinpah's "classic" story of a gang of outlaws as they attempt to make one last score in the waning days of the "Wild West". There's plenty of action, shootouts and blood-lett...( read more)
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Not a bad film and very unconventional for a western... I didn't get all the hype about this film though. It's good and has some nice cinematography, but not as brilliant as some have suggested. It is worth a watch if you can catch it on cable.
Gritty and violent, with one of the most unexpected, aggressive climaxes ever captured on film.
It's really in a league all its own, as far as westerns are concerned.
Among the top 5 westerns ever made and Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece, The Wild Bunch is a truly revolutionary film produced at the most pivotal moment in film history. An orgy of violence, it received the controversial X rating before it was relegated to the porn industry. Howeve...( read more)
best western ever! a work of poetry meditating on violence, camaraderie, and the end of an era, while thrilling with two of the most bloody and violent yet visually stunning shoot-outs ever commited to film.
Excellent western. Extremely violent and gritty for it's time. Great performances all around and fantastic western action.
One of the best works from Sam Peckinpah and one of the best westerns ever made, the history of a gropup ofbandits that see with sadness the twilight of a great era, old and tired, there is no other way to finish they career that die in the battlefield.
The final shootout is v...( read more)
Sam Peckinpah's eulogy to the old west is a classic of the genre, and one of the best films ever made. One of the most striking things about this film is the total lack of a "good guy vs. bad guy" mentality, something Peckinpah made clear right from the opening scene when Holden'...( read more)
muy jodida .. muy jodida .. mucho gore, mucho combate, pasa de todo .. un western lujoso. el q se parece al capitan monasterio hace un papel groso .. muy recomendable
