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Movie that takes place in the 30s it was truly well done and very well thought out. This movie created the mystery of bonnie and clyde and the drama and havoc the created throughout the south. The true story of these 2 retired rangers made this all the more appealing. Kevin costner was a magnificent choice for haymer! Harrelson was perfect as his partner. I really enjoyed the big names in this movie down to Kathy bates. Very happy with the detail this film portrayed.

It's 1934. Bonnie Parker helps Clyde Barrow escape a Texas prison work gang. Governor Miriam "Ma" Ferguson (Kathy Bates) faces public pressure. Frank Hamer (Kevin Costner) is recruited to be a highwayman with orders to take down the rampaging fugitives. He and his partner Maney Gault (Woody Harrelson) are former Texas Rangers which was disbanded in those more civilized times. The duo tracks the fugitives to their ultimate ambush deaths in Louisiana.

Netflix seems to be taking over these medium sized films. This one tackles Bonnie & Clyde but from the other side. It's fascinating that Bonnie & Clyde were and continue to be media sensations. There are countless versions of them on the small screen and the big screen. They are cultural icons. They're basically shorthand for criminal Romeo & Juliet. They are cool and hot. They are the excitement and the romantic. Almost nothing is given to those who hunted and killed them. So it's really fascinating to see these icons with the eyes of their pursuers. Whether it's Costner, the time period, or the criminal icons, this reminds me of a harsher and less glossy The Untouchables. Bonnie & Clyde are more like side characters. They are the shark in Jaws. This paints a heroic weary picture of Hamer and Gault. These are old gunslingers from the Ole West. The truth is a little muddier. The ambush is interesting which does something more than the usual. The production is pretty good although I was concerned about authenticity at the beginning. It is closer than most Hollywood production. These are great characters. Costner and Harrelson are well within their elements. This is an engaging movie as a companion piece to the countless Bonnie & Clyde movies.

This is an extremely well put together, engaging and entertaining telling of the pursuit of Bonnie and Clyde. Woody Harrelson is at the top of his form. He's played the part of the hardbitten lawman before, but it keeps getting better. And Costner does almost as well. The interplay is absorbing and extremely well written and acted.

In western culture we love our bandit myths and legends, which for some reasons celebrate some fairly nasty characters. Knowing the real story of Bonnie and Clyde, as opposed to the myth created by the contemporary news media and J. Edgar Hoover, always made Arthur Penns near worshipful portrayal of these two blood drenched spree murderers jarring. Bonnie and Clyde were bloodthirsty sociopaths, who in fact ambushed and murdered a fair number of people, including shooting unarmed store clerks in the back. Bonnie and Clyde were not "sticking it to the man" robbing big business like banks as much as they were in fact robbing and killing owners of small stores and then committing cold blooded murder of policemen trying to stop the mass murder spree.

The ultimate "ambush" of Bonnie and Clyde was not some planned execution, it was the result of the simple fact that those two had, withing seconds of being stopped, routinely murdered police who stopped them. They also did most of their murders with simple revolvers and sawed off shotguns, and almost none of the guns used were machine guns (a documented invention of Hoover's FBI; of the twenty or so people Bonnie and Clyde shot exactly one was shot with a machine gun). Hoover was fixated on above all else a) trying to prove that his agency's high tech of the time was the best avenue, despite all evidence to the contrary, b) distracting from, even to the point of denying the existence of, organized crime that Prohibition he supported had created. Hence his spinning of "celebrity" criminals like Dillinger and Bonnie and Clyde, which also fit his narrative that we needed a national police force.

In fact FBI in fact made a mess out of their pursuit of Bonnie and Clyde, and it was old fashioned policing by two standard state lawmen that put an end to their violent spree.

So watch this film to see great buddy cop tension, and character interplay. Seriously as good as True Detective level. And a subtle subtext of well done but not over the top critique of Penn's worshipful portrayal of these two hyperviolent criminals in his 1967 film. The bumbling lawmen myth attached to to the 1967 film is also blown away. Bonnie and Clyde's murder and crime spree ranged over an area of 600,000 square miles, and it was old fashioned hard-bitten police work that got them.

Lastly the period work is another very well done element. Not just the visual elements, but the the dialogue. Instead of the fictitious Hepburn-Tracy like, now laughable, staccato dialogue of the 1967 film, we get a much more accurate laconic way of speaking at that time. More is said in fewer words between Harrelson and Costner.

Give it a watch, you will not be disappointed, although your prior positive views of the one-dimensional 67 film, may change.

Distributed by Netflix this 2019 Casey Silver produced film is a period crime drama set in the 1930's which tells the story of two former Texas Rangers who are hired to track down the notorious criminals Bonnie & Clyde. Stuck in development hell for nearly 15 years, what was originally going to be a Universal Pictures film nearly did not get made until Netflix bought the project in 2018.

Its 1934 and America is in 'the great depression'. Bonnie & Clyde have been on the run for two years, in which time they have broke some of their gang out of prison, and they have continued a spree of violence. Begrudgingly, former Texas Ranger Frank Hamer (Kevin Costner) is brought out of retirement to help authorities, and he seduces his former colleague Benjamin Maney Gault (Woody Harrelson) to the cause too. Using all the old tricks from their past, and learning some new tricks along the way, the senior rangers hunt for Bonnie Parker (Emily Brobst) and Clyde Barrow (Edward Bossert) to bring them to justice, or to give America freedom from their heinous crimes.

Having seen different variations of the Bonnie and Clyde story, including the 1967 "Bonnie and Clyde" film, I expected this film to feature the notorious criminals more than it did. I was surprised but delighted that instead of just focusing on them, this film followed two of the lawmen that were trying to track them down. It was refreshing to see the story from the other side rather than glorifying the criminals like previous films and TV series have.

Costner and Harrelson perform well as the former Texas Rangers. With the star power that the pair have it would be easy not to believe in their characters, but they feel authentic in the roles and deliver them with credibility.

The cinematography on display is superb. The construction of the landscape and scenery is done well and looks gorgeous. At times, the sweat and the dirt in the scenes seems to ooze out of the screen and into the pores of the audience. There are apparently some historical inaccuracies compared to what has been written about the events being shown, but not enough for it to become a work of fiction. It treads the path of fact carefully, to the point that the director tried to work close to the actual Bonnie & Clyde trail as he could -filming in the same locations (or as close as possible) to where real crimes occurred.

The pace of the film has been criticized in some of the reviews I have read. While it was not the quickest film, I did not personally have a problem with it. I think the film needed to be a slow burner to build up the story and the chase. The law seems to be two steps behind all the time, and there is a noticeable shift in the last act of the film where the law has for once got ahead of the criminals. To me, the pace of the film was reminiscent of some of the crime biopics of the 1980's and 1990's. It felt like the same kind of pacing as other films I have seen Costner in, like "The Untouchables" (1987), like "JFK" (1991). Perhaps the audience that did not enjoy the pace would have preferred something with more action in, and therefore a film from the lawman's side of the chase might not be the best choice.

I enjoyed the film. I thought it was beautifully crafted and brought to life well by those in front of and behind the camera. It was entertaining to watch, and having seen previous versions of Bonnie & Clyde, I learned something new here, instead of just been romanticized by their folklore exploits of robbing the rich and giving to the poor. Some films are all-ages and can be watched by everyone, I would put this film in the grown-up film category and suggest it needs maturity and patience to enjoy it. It's a film that feels old fashioned, not just because to the 1930's period it depicts, but also in the way that this 2019 film unfolds. Real acting, simple story, basic plot with no rush and no CGI to get the audience to the end. Refreshing.

Well, it's a hunt. And not much of it at that. The story lies within a very narrow confine of our two lead characters. There's enough background to make sense. Screenplay is mostly taut and the direction is good. But it is Harrelson and Costner that bring it all to mean much more than its mere sum. Both are excellent ... especially Costner who takes to westerns and baseball flicks like duck to water. Watch it for these two for there's not much else that you cannot gather from wikipedia.

Nevertheless one of the better addition to Netflix. Nice!

Haven't seen alot of Netflix movies but this is the best Netflix movie I have seen.

The acting of Woody Harreloson and Kevin Costner was superb.

The pace of the movie is quite slow and there were times were the movie was kinda boring.

I love the bathroom scene and the scene when they are playing cards and gives us a backstory of Gault and Hamer.

The cinematography, sets and costumes were all, first rate. It's this kind of attention to detail which sets this movie apart from some others. Woody Harrelson is the stand-out performer to me, but Costner more than carries his weight. The atmosphere of austerity in the Western States is palpable. Once again Netflix has nailed it, keep it up guys.

This is the True story of 2 Texas Rangers who both came out of retirement to hunt down the notorious Bonnie and Clyde. Frank Hamer (Costner) and Maney Gault (Harrelson) team up and hit the road after being hired by Texas Governor Ma Ferguson(Bates) and the Prison Warden(J K Lynch) from where Barrow escaped. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were as famous as Movie Stars back in the 1930's and this is effectively portrayed especially at the end. Costner and Harrelson pairing works well and though maybe a bit long the Movie does its Job and so did the Bullets!

This story is told from the other perspective that we are used to see. Two aged, recommissioned(or, actually half-recommissioned) Texas Rangers take on Bonny and Clyde and hunt them in the end using same tactics that B&C used to kill lawmen. The tempo is slow at the beginning and builds up gradually until the climax. The sedate style of storytelling is intentional to give it a more realistic feel. The director Mr. Hancock achieves that masterfully! Set-design is excellent! Camerawork follows the happenings from the perspective of Pancho and Manny, and you get a clear idea of what they are facing while dealing with such criminals. There are some intense moments that will keep you on the edges of your seats! Finally, the acting. Superb! A plus straightaway! The screen chemistry of Costner and Harrelson works like magic, and their banter wont let you feel that you are actually watching a hunting party involving some deep criminals. The last scene is simply impeccable! I'd say its a solid eight-outta-ten!

This movie is a great entertainment for whoever needs a more old shcool type of film to have a break from the modern over the top trend. It's a story based on true events, the legendary coupke of criminals, this time told on the perspective of the Rangers who had to catch them. Very well told without the need to big CG shots or crazy special effects, everything is sober and it does have pretty and clean photography.

The acting is good to watch, a real pleasure when Kevin Costner and Wody Harrelson have their shiny moments as actors when the scene requires a bit of monologue to set their character's backstory.

About Woody Harrelson's character saying "Manos Arribas" 3 or 4 times, I think that the broken spanish was intentional as a means to portray the real Maney Gault, who apparently wouldn't exactly be a gifted person for languages. I thought that was a funny nice touch.

The discussion in between Clyde's father (William Sadler) and Hamer (Costner) is an instant classic, that remains imprinted in the memory. Same goes for the poker table scene ...

Harrowing

While it was good to watch a movie about Bonnie and Clyde from the view point of the men who ended there crime spree but I found it slow and a bit dull. Maybe those men where really like that in real life who knows but it don't make good viewing. It was interesting from a historical point of view just not so good from an entertaining point of view

Great cast, looks gorgeous and shows the story from an interesting perspective but it's about 40 minutes too long. The pacing of the whole movie stalls to a stop quite a few times and never picks up above a crawl. Even the confrontation is extruciating. Shame as it does look so good. Maybe a good editor could cut it down a bit. Worth a watch just for the cars alone.

We all saw the movie Bonnie y Clyde (1967) directed by Arthur Penn. In France, we all heard the eponymous song (Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg, 1968). The Highwaymen is a mirror version with two retired Rangers in pursuit of the infamous outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, considered as Robin Hood and his beloved wife by the plebs. A dead or alive hunt, in the 30's. Knowing that dead is a priori more practical, we suspect from the outset, even if we do not know the story, that it will probably be the chosen solution. In many aspects, I perceive the atmosphere of Los imperdonables (1992) directed by Clint Eastwood, with its predictable and ineluctable ending, with cars and heavy machine guns instead of horses and Remingtons.

The actors, the photography, the costumes, the cars, the atmosphere of the post-1929 Great Depression, the rhythm, the dialogues, the soundtrack, ... This is an excellent movie! As a synthesis: 8/9 of 10.

It's a good movie.The acting was so good. I loved everything about this movie. The dialogues were good as well. Woody and Kevin were at their best. I recommend everyone to watch this movie.

Yes, this is a slow burning movie. Maybe not the kind of movie that everybody want to watch. So, think it twice. First, let me tell you Kevin and Woodie performances are amazing. Two great actors that made this movie greater than it is. On the other hand the lack of action is maybe a flawless point, and the story line could be far better. Overall a solid movie if you want to watch two great actors in a road trip with a mission to accomplish.

A well acted 30's period piece about the pursuit of Bonnie & Clyde. It's a slow burner but the sets and presence of Costner and Harrelson keep you watching. A watchable top quality crime thriller about two detectives trying to trap the notorious couple.

Kevin Costner was born for this role and was superb!

Such a gritty, entertaining film that, instead of glorifying the horrific acts of Bonnie and Clyde, they focus on the true heroes of the story played brilliantly by Costner and Harrelson.

Great work, Netflix!

The 1967 Bonnie and Clyde glorified killers much the same way as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid glorified bank robbers in 1969. This movie shows it from the Law's perspective. Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson are great in the lead roles, as they need to be as they make up 90% of the movie. Good Acting, great direction and correctly depicting the brutality of Bonnie and Clyde. Well done Netflix, for a change.

I'm not sure if I've ever seen Bonnie and Clyde from the 60s, but that aside the morality of it or rather the depiction of the title characters there is supposed to be rather sympathetic. Again don't nail me on what the movie does with it, have to really watch it, especially after seeing this. Because no matter what the other movie did, this is portraying the whole thing from another perspective - the law enforcement that went after them.

And this does not care about mysticism or romanticizing what happened. While we stay mostly away from Bonnie and Clyde, what we see of them or rather the mayhem they leave behind is not anything any sane person would declare as good.

A strange yet very enganging movie, with a great lead performance by Kevin Costner.

It's not everyday that a film is able to tell a story about two of the most famous criminals in history without seeing their faces for 99.9% of the film, you see their car, the back of their heads, the carnage and horror they left behind, but not them. And that is perfect, as this film is about the Texas Rangers who set out to end their killing spree.

Based on the accounts of the Texas Rangers and Officers who were there at the end, this manages to show trail of blood and loss left behind them and their gang, as well as the hero worship they enjoyed from the everyday folk who were suffering financially in America at the time, who saw them as an equivalent of Robin Hood, even though they were killing innocent people as well as innocent officers. It was one of the first cases of celebrity for no fricking reason!

Kevin Costner plays Frank Hamer and Woody Harrelson is Maney Gault, two rangers who pursued and ended these criminals. And in these two actors you have two heavy weights who bring serious gravitas and power to these roles of two retired Rangers, who are trying to do what Police Forces around the country have failed to do.

I honestly don't know how historically accurate the film is, I did read bits about the officers portrayed in this film and of the events that took place and to be honest, I'm not sure if we'll ever know exactly what went down on that road way. But what we do know is two serial killers were stopped and people went mad with thousands travelling to the small town to see the bodies and the car they were shot it. It's all a bit mad when you think about it, like the social media frenzy that people generate now but the thirties equivalent.

I found this a powerful telling of this story with some amazing actors who with their stature gives this movie the serious nature that this subject matter deserves. Thomas Mann also stands out as Deputy Ted Hinton, an officer who knew the people he was chasing as they were growing up and was occasionally accused of letting that affect his judgement, he also refuted how they were lured to the ambush in a book published two years after his death, stating that the posse agreed for the truth to be told when they had all passed away, this has obviously been disputed and denied. Well probably never know what really happened but if this was today, we'd definitely have psychological profiles of B &C and how they got to be the way they were through trauma and they would have a following the like of which the Kardashians would cry over but we instead have a very good film telling the story of a few brave men. Watch it yourself, read up on it and you decide if what happened was the only way to end it.

Quite a serious review from me for once, but the subject matter brought out my serious side as did seeing Woody from Cheers as a hard-nosed Texas Rangers! A 15/20 from me - a long film but well worth your time.

Note: I've just read that Frank Hamer led the Rangers against the KKScum as well, saving at least 15 people from lynch mobs - massive respect for this Ranger!

The most interesting part of this movie was the end credits when they showed real photos of the people involved in this story. Aside from a couple short-lived slightly intriguing scenes, the rest of this movie was agonizingly slow. Just painful. Very confused at all these great reviews. I give some credit for the props and costumes, but overall, this was not a good way to spend 2 hours of my life.