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The Worst Film Ever

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The Wild Bunch is not only one of the best westerns ever made, but is easily one of the best films ever made. Hands down. This is Sam Pecinpah's masterpiece that was very controversial at the time of its release for its shedding of western clichés or conventions and for violence. As far as violence goes there was already Bonnie And Clyde, but The Wild Bunch far surpasses Bonnie And Clyde and to this day, is the most violent western I have ever seen. The Wild Bunch more than delivers on bloody action and I am sure audiences nearly lost their lunch as violence had never been portrayed so graphically or realistically before. The film is about violence and that is the world that our main characters are part of as outlaws in the early 1910's. While the violence/slow mo blood splattering is a lot of what the film is about, this is a very well written, directed and acted film with great dialouge, exceptional camera-work and a great score by Jerry Fielding. The characters are interesting and complex, with layers and quirks. Performances are the best of the best and the actors had exceptional chemistry. With a brilliant cast of William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson and others you really can't miss. However, even the lesser characters are interesting and have a lot to do. In my mind, The Wild Bunch is a flawless masterpiece and if this is a film you can't appreciate, you have poor taste.

"If they move, kill em'!" exclaims Pike Bishop, leader of an ageing band of outlaws who are in the midst of holding up a railroad payroll office in a small Texas town. However the "wild" west is no more and it's inhabitants are becoming more civilised. Deke Thornton(a former associate of Pike's who is now working for the railroad)and his posse ambush the gang resulting in a bloody shootout which needlessly claims many innocent lives. The robbery a failure, Pike and the surviving members of the gang flee across the border into revolution-torn Mexico pursued by Thornton and his posse. It isn't long before Pike and the bunch fall in with ruthless bandit chief Mapache, who coerces them into stealing arms from the U.S army in return for thousands of dollars in gold. Pike and his compatriots become increasingly disillusioned with life as they know it and end up betraying Mapache, ultimately deciding to go out all guns blazing in one of the most spectacular bloodbaths Hollywood has ever seen!.Sam Peckinpah's savage essay on the decline of the American frontier disgusted critics of the day solely due to the extremity of the violence, even at a time when audiences of the world were being increasingly desensitised by horrific images of the Vietnam war. The Wild Bunch has since become a highly respected cult film which, despite the brutality of it's content, explores the more tender issues of friendship, honour and redemption. It can also be interpreted as a comment on the dying(or dead)western genre itself. Peckinpah conveys his thoughts and feelings in an aggressively overt way, which is what makes the film all the more fantastic. The lives of the main characters are epitomised by greed, murder and other forms of amoral self indulgence, although the movie depicts brilliantly how deep reflection coupled with fate can alter the moral compass of even such violent individuals and instil in them a sense of dignity and self-respect to the point where they attempt to put things right(which is ironically represented in the brutal climax). William Holden gave a superb performance as Pike Bishop, leader of The Wild Bunch. Ernest Borgnine was equally impressive as his second-in-command, Dutch as were Warren Oates and Ben Johnson as the Gorch brothers, not to mention Robert Ryan as Pike's former ally Deke Thornton. I think Edmond O'Brien gave the best performance in the film next to William Holden, as cranky old timer Freddie Sykes. Peckinpah also co-wrote the great script and excellent lines are in abundance, I also detected a few pinches of terrifically cynical black comedy.The Wild Bunch is bookended with two magnificent but vicious shootouts. The first which opens the movie is a rollicking warm up for what is to come. Taut slow motion intercutting would appear as a rudimentary manifestation in Peckinpah's subsequent efforts but it is here that the chilling technique makes it's amazing debut. Almost baroque in execution, the riotous climax is nothing more than totally unashamed chaos!. The bodycount in this sequence alone is stratospheric and watching Pike and the bunch get torn apart by unrelenting gunfire as they fight for control of the machine gun is a truly spectacular sight!. The bunch seem almost indestructible for the duration of this excessively violent orgy until their bodies are literally blasted away from the machine gun, with Pike still gripping hold of it's trigger and spraying bullets as he dies!.It can be said that this Peckinpah classic is the western to end all westerns(with stiff competition from Leone's The Good, The Bad And The Ugly!).This scabrous homage to tough men who have become relics of a blood stained chapter in American history is as harsh as it needs to be. 10/10

Bill Holden is by far the star of this picture, he delivers and absolutely outstanding performance. Truly Legendary. Bill has for the most part of his career if not all of it played a laid back can't be bothered who cares what the hell type of character. The wild bunch is a film about some outlaws who are fully aware that their time has run out. When somebody says he knows somebody with a new fangled flying car they know their time has passed and the new world is not for them. The film is all about the value of a man's loyalty to his companions. If you find it hard to like a person you ride with your nothing more than an animal because at the end of the day all they have is the loyalty toward each other. The try to rescue one of their Mexican comrades but it just goes to show that those who live by the gun die by the gun. I will say some additional good performances by the support cast including O'Brien, Ryan, Borgnine, Oates and Johnson.

The Wild Bunch (1969): Dir: Sam Peckinpah / Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Warren Oats, Ben Johnson, Robert Ryan: Symbolic western masterpiece wherein the term "wild" regards our declining attitude towards violence. The film introduces four aged gunfighters who obey a code. They do not believe in torture but stress that getting in the way of fire is a bad idea. It opens with children huddled around to the delight of seeing two scorpions being tortured by ants. The scorpions symbolize the Bunch while the ants are the rebels they will engage in graphic gunfire. Director Sam Peckinpah brought violent cinema to a whole new level as well as creates one of the greatest and most sincere westerns ever made. William Holden is flawless as the leader joined by Ernest Borgnine, Warren Oats and Ben Johnson, all of whom are effective. They are also being pursued by a bounty hunter who was formerly one of them. He is played by Robert Ryan who knows them and can counter their moves. They have witnessed the very core of violent nature and can only foresee a future of brutal consequence. There are three gunfights that involve severe civilian casualties but the film is really about violence through generations particularly when children joyfully chase after a jeep dragging an Indian behind it. "Boy, do I hate to see that," reserves the worn men who have seen it all before. Score: 10 / 10