The Wild Bunch Family Review

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.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.—blazesnakes9It's 1913 and the old West, facing the march of progress is rapidly changing. A gang of aging outlaws led by Pike Bishop, who are one steal from retirement, ride into the town of Starbuck Texas dressed as Union soldiers, to rob a local railway office where a posse of bounty-hunting gunmen await. On the other side of the line, Pat Harrigan wants Pike and his men dead to make his railroad safe. Deke Thornton wants to capture Pike, his "get-out-of-jail-free card", and the gang of bounty-hunters want the reward money on the "Bunch's" heads. No one is innocent in this unflinching tale of desperation against changing times.—bcarruthers-76500In the waning days of the wild Old West and on the eve of World War I--after a botched attempt to rob a railroad office in broad daylight--the ageing outlaw, Pike Bishop, and his renegade gang of five equally dangerous criminals head to Mexico. With Bishop's former friend, Deke Thornton, and his posse of mercenaries hot on their trail, Pike and his men decide to do one daring last job: hijack a U.S. ammunition train to supply the megalomaniac General Mapache's revolutionary army. However, before long, this uneasy alliance will pave the way for a suicidal showdown, as loyalties are put to the test. Is there a future for Pike's Wild Bunch?—Nick RiganasA few months before World War I, an aging band of outlaws led by Pike Bishop rob a Texas railroad office intent on using the money to retire. When the robbery goes wrong, the gang is forced to flee to Mexico with Pike's reformed ex-partner, Deke Thornton, in hot pursuit. With nothing to show for the failed robbery, Pike's gang agrees to steal a shipment of guns for General Mapache to restore their fortunes. With Thornton closing in, and their association with the evil Juerta trying their conscience, Pike and his gang prepare for their lawless past to catch up with them.—Ronos1 moreAll