Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid Unedited Thoughts - This is part of my unedited thoughts series.

The setup at the start of the film using ‘archive’ footage is an interesting touch to set the scene. Cassidy and the Kid are already famous.

We are introduced to the Sundance Kid in a typical scene in at a card game in a saloon. Nothing special but his shooting is special.

The story proper starts at the end of their careers. This isn’t the rise of the notorious duo. This is the end of them – if this was the story of their lives this would be deep in the third act.

As their careers wane they fend off challenges and when they mount their next robbery they are met by a strange train that is carrying a group of horsemen that quickly dispatch all but Butch and The Kid.

This is the meat of the story. The group of almost supernatural bounty hunters tracking our anti-heroes. They find out who is tracking them and that they have no escape so decide to flee the country.

Then we cut to a weird montage of photo stills that tell the story of their flight from the US to Bolivia. Cool photoshop skills but such a weird way to tell the story.

The rest of the story is about their escapades in Bolivia until their final stand off against the Bolivian army. Really this is a movie of set pieces and the creative team really couldn’t care less about what comes in between. 

The tracking scenes are fantastic as the Kid and Butch put their best plans into action only to see the horsemen follow them perfectly – even over uncrackable terrain. These scenes are so good because we are with our heroes having no idea who is chasing them.

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