(April 1, 2019 at 3:47 am)fredd bear Wrote: Last night; Highwaymen, Netflix. Kevin Costner and Woody Harelson, both starting to look their age.
The film is about the tracking and killing of Bonnie and Clyde, from a police and political viewpoint.
The protagonist is real life legendary Texas Ranger, Frank Hamer. Seems he was legendary because he had killed over 50 men. This pretty much agrees with my understanding of the history of the Texas Rangers. Those guys were obscenely badass. (tried' badarse'; doesn't work).
No hypocrite, he made it clear from the getgo that he and his mate were going to track down Bonnie and Clyde and kill them.
I thought the general 'ambience' of the time was well done. (1931-34)
About 3 stars I reckon; good but not especially memorable.
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Francis Augustus Hamer (March 17, 1884 – July 10, 1955) was a Texas Ranger, known in popular culture for his involvement in tracking down and killing the criminal duo Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. Hamer acquired legendary status in the Southwest as the archetypal Texas Ranger. He is an inductee to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hamer
I was going to review this as well.
I thought it was dreadful, start to finish. It was dull beyond belief, there was no chemistry between the two leads (who were supposed to be best mates), and all the performances seem to have been phoned in (which I expect from Costner, who can't act for beans. But Harrelson knows better).
Two aging, legendary cops set out to kill two legendary psychopaths. It takes significant lack of effort and/or talent to fuck up a great premise this badly. Awful film.
Boru
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