
It's 1913, and the "traditional" American West is dying. Amongst the inhabitants of this dying era are a gang known as "the wild bunch." After a failed railroad office robbery, the gang heads to Mexico to do one last job. Seeing their times and lives drifting away in the 20th century, the gang takes the job and ends up in a brutally violent last stand against their enemies deemed to be corrupt, in a small Mexican town ruled by a ruthless general.... (Full plot summary below)
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It's 1913, and the "traditional" American West is dying. Amongst the inhabitants of this dying era are a gang known as "the wild bunch." After a failed railroad office robbery, the gang heads to Mexico to do one last job. Seeing their times and lives drifting away in the 20th century, the gang takes the job and ends up in a brutally violent last stand against their enemies deemed to be corrupt, in a small Mexican town ruled by a ruthless general.
Leave your thoughts about The Wild Bunch.
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe Wild Bunch is one of the great defining moments of modern movies. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasA glorious and brutal Western that's truly one of a kind. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter Chawone of the absolute best movies in the short history of the medium |
| San Francisco ExaminerGeorge PowellRivetingly realistic, edited in a gripping and exciting style unseen up to that time, and marvelously scripted. |
| Baltimore SunStephen HunterIt remains one of the best-written and best-performed American films of all time. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThe Wild Bunch is an American masterpiece, one of the greatest films ever produced in the Hollywood system. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenA brilliant script, cinematography, editing, and performances complement the whole picture. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergThere are some wonderfully exciting action scenes, although much of it comes off a little bittersweet, as if these are the final days of some sad, wild animal. |
| New YorkerPauline KaelIt’s no accident that you feel a sense of loss for each killer of the Bunch: Peckinpah has made them seem heroically, mythically alive on the screen. |
| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestPeckinpah tells intense tales of male bonding, where honor and loyalty are the codes to follow, even if it means a bloody end. When paired with the mythology of the Western, it adds up to a fascinating movie. |