USA, 1934:
Das Gangsterpärchen Bonnie und Clyde (Emily Brobst, Edward Bossert) organisieren einen Gefängnisausbruch, ermorden dabei einige Aufseher und bringen danach noch weitere Polizisten um.
Daher beauftrage die Gouverneurin Miriam A. Ferguson (Kathy Bates) den ehemaligen Texas Ranger Frank Hamer (Kevin Costner) mit der Verfolgung, die dieser schließlich mit seinem ehemaligen Partner Maney Gault (Woody Harrelson) aufnimmt…
‚The Highwaymen‘ ist so ein Film, der mich einerseits wegen des Plots und der Besetzung interessiert hat, für den ich andererseits aber weder Kinokarte noch DVD bezahlt hätte.
Nun bietet ihn Netflix gerade an und da ich mir davon halbwegs gute Unterhaltung versprach, habe ich mir den Film angeschaut.
Leider hielt das Ganze für mich nicht das, was ich mir davon versprach.
Vielleicht war ich einfach in der falschen Stimmung. Vielleicht ist der Film aber auch einfach nicht ganz nach meinem Geschmack.
Jedenfalls konnte mich das Ganze nicht wirklich fesseln.
Die Geschichte bot für meinen Geschmack einfach zu wenig Spannung und zu wenig Tiefe, obwohl die Jagd auf Bonnie und Clyde doch eigentlich halbwegs spannend sein sollte.
Costner und Harrelson überzeugen durchaus als harte ehemalige Texas Ranger, bieten aber wenig Neues in dieser Sparte, was sicher vor allem am Drehbuch und der Anlage der Figuren liegt, die doch reichlich platt daherkommen.
Und da der Fokus in dieser Inszenierung komplett auf den Polizisten liegt, können auch Bonnie und Clyde nicht groß glänzen.
Der Soundtrack war mir stellenweise zu aufdringlich, allein visuell und von der Ausstattung her, konnte mich ‚The Highwaymen‘ voll und ganz überzeugen – schade!
‚The Highwaymen‘ bei Netflix Deutschland
Ein deutscher Trailer:
Ein englischer Trailer
Unkraut vergeht nicht....oder doch? 
Herba, I’m sorry that this was a dud for you or not up to par. Kudos for you watching it. I would not even attempt that although I like Woody Harrelson as an actor. I confess I’ve never heard of the Bonnie and Clyde actors..
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@Michele: Ah well, it hapens sometimes, but thanks!
I have to admitt I am not a big fan of Harrelson, but I like Costner and think Kathy Bates is a good actress too.
The actors who played B&C are unknown which makes sense because they have not much screentime and don’t talk much. I guess the main focus was to find actors who look the part because both are describes as very petite
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Herba, see I am more WH over KC (he did some very dick like stuff in the 90’s in his personal life) WH has much better range as an actor than KC does IMO although I really loved Bull Durham.
I saw the original Bonnie and Clyde movie with Faye Dunaway and Jack Nicholson and thought it was pretty good.
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Herba did not like my original word so how about he did some uncool stuff in my book in the 90’s in his personal life
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@Michele: KC did more movies that I personally like than WH and I don’t like WH’s political views very much which weights heavier than KC cheating on his wife. But that’s all only my opinion.
I can see both Dunaway and Nicholson put those roles up just fine, but I don’t know the movie.
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Herba, WH vs KC would be interesting discussion. KC during his heyday in the 90’s was to me an everyman until he cheated. His first wife stood by him when he was a struggling actor in the 80’s (he got cut from the Big Chill movie as Alex the guy who killed himself) and then fame and fortune took over IMO. WH has always stood for what he believed in.. nobody thought he would amount to much from his days on Cheers including me.
They were well matched as B and C. I’m not fans of either of them but they are old school Hollywood for sure. JN I think has retired now?
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@Michele: yes, there were rumors that Nicholson is ill and therefor quit acting
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Herba, ah I thought he took the route of Gene Hackman who called it quits in 2000 b/c he had done enough.
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@Michele: I think I read somewhere something about Parkinson or Dementia or something, but it was pure speculation
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Herba, oh geez. I hope not. He’s a fixture at Laker games with his son Raymond. Gosh I hope he is just enjoying retirement. Thank you for the heads up. I wondered what happened to him.. I liked him in Something’s Gotta Give with Diane Keaton
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@Michele: I googled it and it seems he denied the rumors
http://vt.co/entertainment/celebrity/heres-real-reason-jack-nicholson-forced-retire-hollywood/
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Herba, thank you! You are always on top of everything!!!
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@Michele: Google is my friend 😉
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Herba ach ja Google is my best friend for sure!!! Wikipedia comes in second…
oh and LL is on Amazon Prime so I will be watching for DC in that!! Thanks!!!
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@Michele: Lots of fun with it!
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Herba ah danke dir!!
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Netflix keeps sending me emails about how I should watch this (with which they prove that they have no clue what I prefer to see). I wish there were a Netflix button that let me just erase films with particular actors in them. Harrelson would be high on the list; just seeing his picture gives me a severe allergic reaction (Kathy Bates notwithstanding — why did she have to be in this?).
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@Servetus: The button would be very helpful!
No worries, you won’t miss much re Kathy Bates, she hasn’t that much screentime and not much to do in the scenes she is in.
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Auch ich hatte mir mehr von dem Film erwartet. Die Handlung ist eher so vor sich hin geplätschert und die Charaktere haben mich schlicht kaltgelassen. Da ist kein Funke übergesprungen.
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@Uinonah: Das beschreibt es sehr gut. Nichtmal das Flair der Zeit hat bei mir irgendwie geholfen
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