Review The Wild Bunch (1969)

[Doctor Omega]

Your thoughts on this movie....

A gang of American bandits try to elude bounty hunters during the waning days of the wild West. A remake of the 1969 film directed by Sam Peckinpah.

Back to the original movie....

THE WILD BUNCH (1969)....

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/the-wild-bunch-1969.6034/

 

[Doctor Omega]

Mel Gibson To Helm “Wild Bunch” Remake





“Hacksaw Ridge” and “Apocalypto” director Mel Gibson is set to co-write, executive produce and direct a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s iconic 19690 western “The Wild Bunch” at Warner Bros. Pictures.

The original followed an ageing group of outlaws looking for one last big score as the traditional American West is disappearing around them and the industrial age is taking over.

On the way, they are pursued by a posse led by a former partner they double-crossed. Wiliam Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O’Brien, Warren Oates, Jaime Sanchez and Ben Johnson co-starred.

Bryan Bagby will also co-write the remake which has been in the works for nearly a decade with Tony Scott previously linked as director.

 

[Doctor Omega]

Your thoughts on this movie....

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

On to the remake.....

THE WILD BUNCH.......

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/the-wild-bunch-remake-announced.5714/#post-48441

 

[Doctor Omega]

Gibson: New “Wild Bunch” ‘Was’ A Bad Idea


Last month came the news that Mel Gibson was set to co-write and direct a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s classic 1969 western “The Wild Bunch”.

Doing promo rounds for his acting role in “Dragged Across Concrete” this week, even though the film hasn’t scored a U.S. release date as yet, Gibson discussed the remake with Deadline and admits he was initially as sceptical as everyone else:

“I thought it was a bad idea at first. Why make ‘The Wild Bunch’ again? Who would do that? I thought about it and I thought about it some more, and then I thought of a way. A way to tell the story. So I’ve been sitting in a room with a writer and its been a blast.

So it started as a bad idea, but it’s heading toward something that could be special. It’s about last chances and guys with lives of accrued violence…Those guys [in the original film]? They laugh a lot, but it isn’t funny.”

The original followed an ageing group of outlaws looking for one last big score as the traditional American West is disappearing around them and the industrial age is taking over. On the way, they are pursued by a posse led by a former partner they double-crossed. William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O’Brien, Warren Oates, Jaime Sanchez and Ben Johnson co-starred.