You can't turn career criminals into heroes no matter what you write on the page, and this obvious drive-in movie tries too hard to sanitize a story already told onscreen, mainly to cash in on the success of "Bonnie and Clyde". At least that film didn't make them heroes purposely, but no matter how many rounds of machine gunfire that they show Charles Arthur Floyd (Fabian) shooting, it is just presented like it's another day in the office, not violent crime.
There's also similar fashions to what Faye Dunaway wore as Bonnie Parker, but the woman wearing it is far from the glamour girl Dunaway was. An obvious madame (Anne McAdams) is a stereotypical mother figure to Floyd, and I pictured someone like Joan Blondell, Ann Sothern or Shelley Winters cast in that part to make it more interesting. Floyd's mother is seen too, nearly a carbon copy of Bonnie's.
The robberies are mostly shown in montages, although one where only an elderly lady clerk is present did give me a chuckle. Anybody else would have been plugged instantly, but Floyd and his gang simply grab and go. I don't feel like I learned anything valuable or truthful about him, so I can easily pass this one off as your typical 70's exploitation without any real cinematic value.
There's also similar fashions to what Faye Dunaway wore as Bonnie Parker, but the woman wearing it is far from the glamour girl Dunaway was. An obvious madame (Anne McAdams) is a stereotypical mother figure to Floyd, and I pictured someone like Joan Blondell, Ann Sothern or Shelley Winters cast in that part to make it more interesting. Floyd's mother is seen too, nearly a carbon copy of Bonnie's.
The robberies are mostly shown in montages, although one where only an elderly lady clerk is present did give me a chuckle. Anybody else would have been plugged instantly, but Floyd and his gang simply grab and go. I don't feel like I learned anything valuable or truthful about him, so I can easily pass this one off as your typical 70's exploitation without any real cinematic value.