Considered one of the greatest westerns of all time as well as one of the greatest films of the American cinema in general, Sam Peckinpah’s “The Wild Bunch” tells the tale of an aging outlaw gang trying to find its way through the changing times of early 20th century. Pike Bishop (William Holden) is the leader of a gang of aging outlaws. He plans one last major heist, robbery of a railroad office carrying silver. However, they are ambushed by a gang of bounty hunters hired by the railroad. Many gang members die in the bloody shootout, and their supposed loot turns out to be nothing but a decoy. Pike gathers the remaining group of four remaining outlaws, and joined by another outlaw old timer they head off to Mexico. They take refuge in a tiny village where one of the gang members was born. They quickly get into a confrontation with a corrupted general running the village, and they resolve the conflict by entering his employment. The general wants them to steal a weapons cargo in the US so he could impress a German officer acting as his military adviser. They manage to pull off the robbery, but it sends the bounty hunters right back on their trail. Also, they are worried that the Mexican general might want to double cross them and they decide to send the portion of the firearms to Mexican rebels fighting against the general. This leads to an epic final showdown which only a lucky few will come out of alive.
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