Blackthorn

Directed by Mateo Gil
Staring Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega and Stephen Rea
Rating M
Score 4.5/6

In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorne) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.

I have always been a fan of Westerns and probably always will be, the depressing thing is that the release of westerns seems to becoming increasingly infrequent.Blackthorne is a brilliant piece of speculative history posing the question what if Butch Cassidy survived the shootout with the Bolivian Militia? Sam Shepard gave a brilliant performance and seemed to bring the same kind of roguish quality that he seems to bring to most of his roles.

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