Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch

IN A NUTSHELL: When Butch Cassidy and his deadly band of outlaws pull off a high-dollar train robbery, the legendary Pinkerton detectives raise a deadly posse to hunt them down.

The film was directed by Anthony C. Ferrante, and written by Geoff Meed.

THINGS I LIKED: I liked the part toward the beginning of the movie where the outlaws were introduced with cute "Wanted" posters. It shows the cast, which includes Ross Jirgl, Jilon VanOver, Nikki Leigh, Bruce Dern, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, Geoff Meed, Josh Horton, Jason Coviello, and Ginger T. Rox.

There are some cliched Western images and tropes, but I actually got a kick out of them.

The sweeping music feels like it belongs in a great, epic Western.

If you like this movie, you'll be happy to know that the Asylum studio is already in post-production of a sequel being called Butch vs. Sundance. Is that something you think you'll watch? Comment below!

THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE: There are SO many close-up shots that were distracting.

The acting is often very wooden and amateurish, constantly reminding me that I was watching actors. I much rather prefer to disappear into a movie.

Considering it's a Western, there aren't a lot of shoot-outs and action. A lot of people just pull out their guns on each other, mostly.

Details of the real-life story of some of the real characters have been changed a bit.

The shots look bright, rather than a more believable dungy-dirt color palette for a Western.

Speaking of color, the beautiful young lady who receives romantic attention from a couple of the men wears makeup, which only the "working girls" of the day would have worn.

The movie poster made Butch Cassidy look like a young Aaron Eckhart, so I was disappointed when I realized he wasn't even in the movie.

The sets look like sets.

Unfortunately, the movie just didn't hold my attention at all.

TIPS FOR PARENTS: Violence with weapons and hand-to-hand combat Robberies Talk of murder Profanity People die Some blood.

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To many holes in the movie with to much jumping around from scene to scene without accurate story telling. The scene where Butch Cassidy kills Pinkerton Tom Horn is completely a joke. Tom Horn was hung by execution. Tom Horn was 43 by the time he was executed and this movies actor is damn near 60. Could have done a lot better on getting the accuracies closer.

Geoff Meed who was a writer also plays "Kid Curry" who at the time of his death was around 36-37 as the actor is in his mid to late 50s at the time of release. Deceiving in the story telling.

Sundance and Butch met in 1883 on a hunting trip in real life, as the movie shows they meet in a bank around 1890. As some who's fascinated with the Butch Cassidy and Sundance Lore, this movie is garbage.

I like a good western, but this wasn't one of them, there was varying levels of acting skills, the camera work looked to be done by trainees, the dialogue probably written by the same guys, the sets looked like a studio backlot, their clothes were too clean, the makeup and blood was unconvincing the wardrobe department had no idea about making a western look authentic, I mean if your going to make a western at least try to do your best. I would probably have given this another point if it didn't have Butch Cassidy in the title, and they had gone for an original story. There are many western books and stories out there that deserve to be made into movies, so why do another Butch Cassidy movie, it's been done to death, and this one rates very low against all the others.

Overall, if you looking for a good western to watch on a rainy Saturday Afternoon.....this ain't it!!