The Wild Bunch; a classic that matters.

I like classic movies, it doesn't matter when, where or how it was made...a great movie is a great movie. One genre that has countless classics is Westerns, one of my favourites.

I heard about this movie from a Marc Marons' podcast; WTF (Episode 982, Seth Macfarlane). Both Seth and Marc reminisced over the greatness of 'The Wild Bunch' and the making of it. This prompted me to watch it, and they weren't wrong.

The movie is set on the Mexican/US border in 1913; at a pivotal time in history where old west meets the new world. Traditional pueblos meet automobiles and rumours of some that have wings and fly, someplace north...

The Wild Bunch does not disappoint, it is packed with A list actors of it's time and all give great performances from beginning to end. The length of this classic is a whopping two and a quarter hours of nail biting, edge of your seat action.

The Wild Bunch is critically acclaimed as one of the best of it's generation, borrowing the tried and tested tropes of the western genre. It's ironic that this movie is set in the sunset of the old west as the the golden age of Hollywood Westerns was coming to a close in 1969.

If you like iconic movies, performances and all round classics; The Wild Bunch will not disappoint.