Movie Review: The Highwaymen (2019)

The Highwaymen...a short movie review for people with short attention spans!

Spoilers Possible!!!

Director

John Lee Hancock is also credited with directing some great movies like The Founder, Saving Mr. Banks, and The Blind Side.  Check them out.

Starring

Kevin Costner (Hidden Figures), Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Kathy Bates (The Death and Life of John F. Donovan), Kim Dickens (Gone Girl), John Carroll Lynch (Anything), and Thomas Mann (Project X).

Plot

The untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde.

What I think

There have been tons of movies about Bonnie and Clyde and all of them have been very much leaning towards Bonnie and Clyde as the heroes. If you were planning on seeing a movie about our aforementioned anti heroes then you are probably looking at the wrong review. I say this because the screen time for the duo is literally about 3 minutes and even that guess might be too long.

This movie is seen from the point of view of the law enforcement agencies tasked in bring down our famous duo, but most importantly from the view of the Texas Rangers. You get to see the trials and tribulations that the Police, FBI, and Texas Rangers were having to overcome. This included dealing with civilian conspirators that were lying to their faces and sending them on wild goose chases and false leads because everyone was infatuated with Bonnie and Clyde. 

Frank Hamer, Kevin Costner, and Maney Gault, Woody Harrelson, are given free reign to hunt down the duo as long as they don't leave Texas. As you may have guessed, when you give someone free reign to do something then don't expect them to follow your rules, they didn't stay in Texas. As a matter of fact they followed the trail and eventually cut off the suspects.  They enlisted the help of one of the duos accomplices fathers (lots of lineage there). I would like to say that I am trying not to spoil the end but if you know the story then there is no spoilers...much like Titanic.

The story was great, the drama was spot on, and the flow of the story was very interesting

I give this movie a solid ⭐⭐⭐⭐¼ of 5 stars
Plot, Poster, and Pictures courtesy of IMDB.

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