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On March 10th, of this year The Highwaymen released on Netflix. Starring Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson the movie tells the story of how two former Texas Rangers tracked down the infamous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde and put an end to their murderous rampage. When The Highwaymen first dropped I thought it looked interesting and added it to my watch list but just couldn't seem to get around to watching it. It's been a busy month and with a run time of over two hours I just had a hard time finally sitting down to watch it until tonight. In between other things I decided to watch the first few minutes of the film and just see if it looked promising. Fifteen minutes in I was already blocking out the evening to finally watch the film through. The Highwaymen opens on a dramatic prison break where the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde, viewed either only from a distance or without revealing their faces, spring three of their gang members from a work gang. Following the prison break, which lef...

On the 13th of March a new film called Triple Frontier dropped on Netflix. With a cast featuring Ben Affleck (Justice League), Charlie Hunnam (Pacific Rim), and Oscar Isaac (The Force Awakens) the film brings together some interesting talent who star alongside Pedro Pascal, Garrett Hedlund and Adria Arjona. The title, Triple Frontier, is a term referring to a region of wilderness where the borders of three separate countries meet. Typically remote and unprotected such regions are often rife with criminal activity, as authorities would struggle to run down criminal activity when the perpetrators can simply cross borders and change jurisdictions almost at will. While that concept is interesting it plays precious little role in the actual film and is never directly referenced or explained. Instead the plot revolves around five retired military veterans who are brought together by Santiago "Pope" Garcia, played by Oscar Isaac, to assassinate a cartel boss and rob his stash of...