Blackthorn
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61 out of 100

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6.6 out of 10

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  • Summary: It’s been said (but unsubstantiated) that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in a standoff with the Bolivian military in 1908. In Blackthorn, Cassidy survived, and is quietly living out his years under the name James Blackthorn in a secluded Bolivian village. Tired of his long exexile from the US and hoping to see his family again before he dies, Cassidy sets out on the long journey home. But when an unexpected encounter with an ambitious young criminal derails his plans, he is thrust into one last adventure, the likes of which he hasn’t experienced since his glory days with the Sundance Kid. (Magnolia Pictures)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Joe Williams
    Oct 21, 2011
    75
    In place of a rousing adventure, Blackthorn is a haunting ode.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    Oct 13, 2011
    75
    Blackthorn imagines a scenario for Butch's later years and gives us a different kind of Western - somber, reflective and set in the elevated plains and salt flats of Bolivia.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    Oct 13, 2011
    60
    Shepard is the whole show here, as weathered and elemental as the harsh Bolivian locations; the movie's best scenes are those that pit him against Stephen Rea as a former Pinkerton man who tracked the outlaws for years and can't believe Cassidy is still drawing breath.
  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    Oct 13, 2011
    38
    Blackthorn feels less like a proper sequel to "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," which it purports to be, than a coattail rider.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
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  1. corc79
    7
    Great movie. Seeing as only a couple westerns in the past decade can even be considered decent, this was a real score. Too bad barely anyone even knows it was made...… Expand
  2. CitizenCharlie
    4
    Butch Cassidy didnâ

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