The Wild Bunch takes the form of the western and twists it into something deeper, assaulting the viewer with a landscape of violence rarely equaled elsewhere in cinema.

Rough stuff. No Fordian romanticism here.

Action packed western, expected more but still a worthwhile film.

Hmmm not my kind of western. Still watchable but hasn't got that Sergio Leone suspense or that John Ford charm. And the actors are just not as great or memorable as the characters of the Clint, Wayne, Stewart, Fonda or even Hill.

Peckinpah creates many great scenes, but fumbles many more promising ones into mediocrity.

A great redemptive ending that connects all the dots and makes some thematical sense of it all saves it from being downright bad. But the first two hours aren't worth much. The humour is forced, there's never any real tension in either the plot or between the characters and the action scenes, albeit wonderfully brutal, have a poor sense of space. Maybe they're intended to be chaotic but I like my action to make spatial sense and not just to be a montage of people firing shots and getting killed.

A large cast of characters that grow on you as the story progresses to it's intense and beautifully done climax. Wonderfully shot and acted. An all around great western with a universal theme.

Some nice dark humor but you know it's all going to end badly so the tension never really mounts. This has been quickly outpaced by 70's exploitation even if Hollywood stayed left behind.

I lowered the score after watching "my name is nobody",that is how the wild bunch should be,150 blood thirsty bastards riding in the dust,there is only 150 of them but they ride like they were thousands.

The action scenes are impressive, but I thought the story was muddled in oddly-timed flashbacks and excessive whoring.

Very cool, stylish, and action packed.

One of the films that kicked off the big revisionist Westerns of the 70s. It shows. Directed by Peckinpah. It shows.