Very best movie i ever watch

Simply A Masterpiece

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The Wild Bunch is film that has become known for it's highly visual (the opening bank robbery, the train robbery and the final shoot out cum massacre) action set pieces that it is easy to forget the more subtle character performances that rank among the stars (William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and Robert Ryan) best. Holden is Pike a man who always talking about keeping a code of honour yet never really holds to it, Borgnine is Dutch who always backs up Pike no matter the situation and Ryan is Thornton Pikes former right hand who finds himself hunting his former comrade with a bunch of trigger happy morons. Why The Wild Bunch has stood the test of time is through it's of character study and staging of razor sharp action set peices that i0 testament to the skills of Director Sam Peckinpah.

I love the western genre but out of all the American westerns I have seen this one is without a doubt one of Sam Peckinpah's best films. Its bloody violent but also a film about loyalty and trust.The way the director presents the films bloody shootouts is that he does not glorify them in any capacity and that is one of the films biggest strengths, but the best thing about the film is its cast.With stars like William Holden as the leader of the bunch, with Ernest Borgnine Edmond O'Brian, Ben Johnson, and many other incredible actors Whose performances are unforgettable and incredible and each actors plays of each other brilliantly . Sam Peckinpah in my opinion set the standard of how all westerns should strive to be.

Peckinpah's classic western is considered a masterpiece by many, but time has dulled the sheen a tad. It's not the equal of Once Upon a Time in the West or The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. It doesn't have any scenes that pack the same kind of emotional punch. Mostly it is about epic displays of gun fire: many people in large spaces shooting each other and dying.Plot details are lost in the fracas. Why did Pike leave the young man behind at the beginning of the movie? If he did it deliberately, why did he even bring him along in the first place?I also missed seeing Pike die in the end.It is unquestionably very well made, and perfectly cast. I just didn't get much of an emotional jolt from it.

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