One of the most frightening, exhilarating, and important films in American History, Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, illustrates the wild west after it became tame, with the lionized heroes in a...

One of the most frightening, exhilarating, and important films in American History, Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, illustrates the wild west after it became tame, with the lionized heroes in a newly changed land. You will never look a western the same way again. A few months before World War I, an aging band of outlaws led by Pike Bishop rob a Texas bank intent on using the money to retire. When the robbery goes wrong, the gang is forced to flee to Mexico with Bishop's reformed ex-partner, Deke Thornton, in hot pursuit. With nothing to show for the failed robbery, Bishop's gang agrees to steal a shipment of guns for General "Mapache" Juerta, to restore their fortunes. With Thornton closing in, and their association with the evil Juerta trying their conscience, Bishop and co. prepare for their lawless past to catch up with them.