Blackthorn

"Widescreen lensing by vet cinematographer Juan Ruiz Anchia, far from "westernizing" Bolivia, almost turns it into another planet, lending it an unearthly beauty all its own."

"Gil's alternative history gets one thing bang-on right: If Butch were to live into his senior days, he'd absolutely have to be played by Shepard."

"Blackthorn feels less like a proper sequel to "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," which it purports to be, than a coattail rider."

"The filmmakers rely on Mr. Shepard to lend the character some of his mythic weight, but it would take an actor with greater range to make Butch more than a cardboard outlaw-saint."

"The film's main appeal comes from character interaction and the movie's exploration of Butch's moral nature."

"The movie as a whole isn't much. Flashbacks to the good old days, with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Padraic Delaney standing in for Paul Newman and Robert Redford, are unconvincing and without much purpose, and given the moral twistiness of the original story, this rehash seems to lack purpose."

"Sam Shepard illuminates the old West - or at least the South American parts - with creaky charisma."

"The story’s beats are modern, but the setting, visuals, pacing, and protagonist all capture classic past cinema, if not classic past innocence."