Wild Bunch

Tookey's Rating
	9 /10

Average Rating
	9.27 /10

Starring
William Holden , Ernest Borgnine , Robert Ryan
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Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Written by: Walon Green, Roy N. Sickner, Sam Peckinpah

Released:	1969

Genre:	WESTERN CONTROVERSIAL

Origin:	US

Colour:	C

Length:	145

Texas outlaws whose way of life belongs to the 19th century find themselves butchered in the 20th.

Reviewed by Chris Tookey

One of the most controversial films of all time, with critics divided over whether the use of violence was justified or meretricious. I think it's one of Sam Peckinpah's finest achievements: an exciting, atmospheric, fin de siecle western clearly designed (unlike other Peckinpah films, such as Straw Dogs ) to show that violence doesn't pay. The brutality and bloodshed were considered excessive for its day; by modern standards, they are relatively tame. A more serious criticism is that the story could have been clearer. Lucien Ballard's cinematography is stunning. Jerry Fielding's score was Oscar-nominated.

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