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The Highwaymen (2019) N
A familiar story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow but told from the viewpoint of two former Texas Rangers hunting them.
It's been ages since I last saw the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde but I remember it being quite good. Based on The Highwaymen I'd say that the villains are more interesting in this specific case and the Netflix production never gets truly going and doesn't seem to have anything new to say about the topic.
Costner and Harrelson are two old men playing two old men who grumpily trudge along their old ways and tell the tales of even older times (I hope I repeated "old" enough to make my point). Both are fine actors but they're characters are just boring and can't carry the film. Also Harrelson is a bit too much like he's in almost every film of his (too much a comedic relief) and doesn't fit otherwise low-key film.
The whole old Texas Rangers vs. the new law enforcement is very cliched (obviously the old farts and they're cowboy antics solve the case and FBI with their silly radios are just stupid kids in their way). I mean, as far as I know The Highwaymen tells the big story quite accurately but I could have lived without the usual bickering between the two groups or over-emphasized conflict between the old and new.
There's nothing terribly wrong in the film but it just has this constant drag, like a movie equivalent of a rollator.
A familiar story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow but told from the viewpoint of two former Texas Rangers hunting them.
It's been ages since I last saw the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde but I remember it being quite good. Based on The Highwaymen I'd say that the villains are more interesting in this specific case and the Netflix production never gets truly going and doesn't seem to have anything new to say about the topic.
Costner and Harrelson are two old men playing two old men who grumpily trudge along their old ways and tell the tales of even older times (I hope I repeated "old" enough to make my point). Both are fine actors but they're characters are just boring and can't carry the film. Also Harrelson is a bit too much like he's in almost every film of his (too much a comedic relief) and doesn't fit otherwise low-key film.
The whole old Texas Rangers vs. the new law enforcement is very cliched (obviously the old farts and they're cowboy antics solve the case and FBI with their silly radios are just stupid kids in their way). I mean, as far as I know The Highwaymen tells the big story quite accurately but I could have lived without the usual bickering between the two groups or over-emphasized conflict between the old and new.
There's nothing terribly wrong in the film but it just has this constant drag, like a movie equivalent of a rollator.