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As a counterpoint to the heroic horde of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, the ageing gunmen of Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece break the very laws of honour which bind them in this bloody and meditative tale of the American West--widely considered to be the self-conscious nail in the coffin of the genre. William Holden, Robert Ryan, and .. Read more

Starring	Strother Martin, Emilio Fernandez, Edmund O'Brien, Albert Dekker
Director	Sam Peckinpah
Genres	Action/Adventure

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  Peckinpah classic
  
  The Wild Bunch was a defining moment in the career of director Sam Peckinpah, and also the Western genre as a whole. Peckinpah took a seemingly stock western ... read more »
  
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  - ric sumner
  - Plymouth, UK
  - 14 Jun 2004 at 23:59
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  - 0
  Give me back my 2.5 hours !
  
  I had high hopes for this after reading glowing reviews on here and Amazon but found it to be just another average western. The acting was nothing special and ... read more »
  
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- - DeadwoodFan
  - 9 reviews
  - 04 May 2012 at 11:09
- - 0
  - 0
  Fantastic
  
  I loved the style of this good old western. It's probably a comment on our times that it wasn't as gruesome or blood-soaked as I'd expected it to be... read more »
  
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- - Slurs
  - Scotland
  - 05 Feb 2012 at 11:06
- - 0
  - 0
  Boring bloodfest
  
  One of the later Westerns, that centres around aging amoral bandits in a changing age. I didn't find that I had any emotional connection with any of the ... read more »
  
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- 1018749
- - Ferry41
  - 190 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 18 Jul 2011 at 12:20
- - 0
  - 0
  A kind of suicide
  
  Just to correct something in some of the official reviews, the Mexican enemies in this are the (corrupt, illegal) government troops under the drunk General ... read more »
  
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- - DeathOfNarrativeCinema
  - 154 reviews
  - Wallingford
  - 02 Jan 2011 at 01:49
- - 1
  - 1
  Enough with the laughing, already!
  
  Infamous gang at large, posse lead by man on parole set up to bring them in, gang escape to Mexico, Bandits hire gang to hijack weapons train, a right hoe down... read more »
  
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- - Bassman71
  - 460 reviews
  - Didsbury, England
  - 07 Sep 2010 at 09:38
- - 1
  - 0
  the wild bunch
  
  A most excellent film with the sort of action that does nothing but excite and satisfy...Fine and tremendous acting that keeps one on the edge of their sea ... read more »
  
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- - PoetDad
  - 109 reviews
  - Pulborough
  - 13 Apr 2010 at 16:35
- - 1
  - 2
  Entertaining but hokey
  
  There's an old saying in my family: don't expect much from a movie with Ernest Borgnine in it. I was kind of hoping that The Wild Bunch would prove them... read more »
  
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  - Yelverton
  - 09 Jan 2010 at 20:56
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  Trailer for the Magnificent 7
  
  The Wild Bunch.
  
  Classic Western with William Holden playing a good bad guy.
  
  Definately sets the tone for the Magnificent 7 that followed ... read more »
  
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- - Slikflik
  - 42 reviews
  - Brandon
  - 16 Sep 2009 at 01:30
- - 1
  - 0
  Interesting But Beginning To Show Its Age
  
  One is usually chastised for suggesting a Western 'classic' such as 'The Wild Bunch' should deserve anything less than 5 stars. However, ... read more »
  
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- - AMoore18
  - 8 reviews
  - Norwich
  - 22 Jul 2009 at 01:05
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  Does it get any better
  
  A wonderful film, the best I have ever seen. Peckinpah took a very basic type of story and enhanced it to such a degree that these outlaws attain our admiration... read more »
  
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- - JoePike
  - 1 review
  - London
  - 22 May 2009 at 21:13
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- - 13
  - 7
  Peckinpah classic
  
  The Wild Bunch was a defining moment in the career of director Sam Peckinpah, and also the Western genre as a whole. Peckinpah took a seemingly stock western ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 7680
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  - ric sumner
  - Plymouth, UK
  - 14 Jun 2004 at 23:59
- - 6
  - 1
  Calling all Tarantino fans!
  
  A tense, violent and exciting tale of a band of amoral bank robbers, led by William Holden, pursued across America and Mexico in 1914 by a reluctant Robert Ryan... read more »
  
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- - GingerSegal
  - London
  - 21 Mar 2004 at 13:17
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  They will live forever!
  
  I saw this film originally at the cinema in 1970 and its memory has stayed with me for a long time. I was pleased to see the DVD and study it in depth both with... read more »
  
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  - Charles Brickley
  - Andover, Hampshire England
  - 10 Jan 2007 at 20:20
- - 5
  - 3
  Big Letdown
  
  Question, why did VCD bite the dust?
  
  Answer, because DVD was invented, it fits a film on one disc( VCD used two discs).
  
  This was a classic... read more »
  
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- - Cedric Matthew
  - Littleborough.LANCS
  - 05 Feb 2005 at 19:13
- - 3
  - 0
  Peckinpah's Classic
  
  Sam Peckinpah's masterpeice, quite possibly not only the greatest western of all time but possibly the greatest film of all time.
  
  The film is ... read more »
  
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- - Craig
  - Durham
  - 10 Jul 2004 at 07:02
- - 2
  - 0
  Cowboy film
  
  A very good Cowboy film worth looking at
  
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  - Dunbar, Scotland
  - 28 Mar 2006 at 11:39
- - 2
  - 1
  Over hyped western movie.
  
  Such a shame, had the ingredients of such a great film, great cast, director, location and story. But, it just doesn't work.
  
  These guys are on ... read more »
  
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- - TheGoatBoy
  - Derbyshire
  - 15 Jul 2005 at 23:35
- - 1
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  Sam Peckinpah's ...
  
  Sam Peckinpah's use of slow motion deaths and bloody squibs in his 1969 movie "The Wild Bunch" led to many imitators, but none match up to the ... read more »
  
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- - Andre#11
  - CANNOCK
  - 01 Jul 2004 at 18:31
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  Customer Review
  
  Although I did really enjoy the film, it probably wasn't for the same reasons that most other people did. Yes it was exciting and the blood-spurting and ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 1
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  Interesting But Beginning To Show Its Age
  
  One is usually chastised for suggesting a Western 'classic' such as 'The Wild Bunch' should deserve anything less than 5 stars. However, ... read more »
  
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- 787342
- - AMoore18
  - 8 reviews
  - Norwich
  - 22 Jul 2009 at 01:05

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