i must have seen a different film!!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Absolutely Fantastic

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Wow, what a good film. And one I'd never heard of - lucky somebody mentioned it and I was intrigued...Basically, very classy western but tinged with an odd quirky loneliness throughout. The casting of brilliant Sam Shepard and Eduardo Noriega is perfect. Stephen Rea is wonderful in this too.For me, it's a kind of similar feel to the Coen version of True Grit but not quite as strong a film. In it's own right though this is great too.Highly recommended

BLACKTHORN is a low key little western story with the added attraction of having been filmed in Bolivia. It's a semi-sequel of sorts to BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, supposedly based on a real-life bit of historical research that revealed the pair weren't killed by Bolivian soldiers in a shoot out after all. What really happened is shown in brief flashbacks in which Butch is played by GAME OF THRONES star Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau , and it's more downbeat and realistic than in the Hollywood production.Otherwise, this film is very much unlike the glossy Paul Newman-starrer. There's no humour for a start, just an understated approach that makes this an art-house film. It's a lyrical mood piece in which glorious rolling landscapes and deserts are the backdrop to character-based plot twists. Sam Shepard plays an aged Cassidy in an understated way, leaving the brunt of the acting to Eduardo Noriega who plays his newfound associate. There's no action here to speak of aside from a couple of brief shoot-outs, just plot-building and pretty visuals.

I'll say right off, there may be some *SPOILERS* here and there in this review, so be warned.I am a bit surprised I hadn't remembered this film being released. For fans of Westerns (and Sam Shepard), as well as the 1969 film "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid", this film is for you.This film gives you the scenario- what if Butch & Sundance were not actually killed in Bolivia by the Bolivian army- as the original film ends, but instead got away, and leads you to an older Butch Cassidy (Shepard) living under the assumed name of "Blackthorne" around the turn of the century. The film brilliantly shoes little flashback sequences throughout of what happened after Butch & Sundance escaped, which lead up to the present day. "Blackthorne" meets up with a young gentleman Spaniard (Eduardo Noriego of "Abres Los Ojos") after his loot of cash, who seemingly becomes another Sundance Kid. But things aren't what they seem with this character, and eventually things go sour. An old lawman after the young Butch and Sundance- Stephen Rea- also shows up, and all hell breaks loose.Yet another great performance from all-around "Renaissance Man" Shepard, as well as great story and direction. Definite thumbs up!

Glad to see they can still make nice westerns like this one. The whole movie is beautifully shot with amazing nature scenery. It's the story about an aged Butch Cassidy that goes by the name James Blackthorn now and that lives a retired life somewhere in Bolivia. He was supposed to be dead, killed with his comrade the Sundance Kid. So the story goes back an forth between the young Cassidy and the old Blackthorn, but it stays mainly focused on Blackthorn. In the flashbacks Nicolaj Coaster-Waldau and Padraic Delaney play Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. But the star of this movie is Sam Shepard. He is cut for this role and puts down a very good performance playing Blackthorn. The richness of this movie are the stunning locations and if you are a nature lover for this alone it is already worth a watch.