The Highwaymen (2019)

	Director: John Lee Hancock	COUNTRY USA GENRE Crime/Drama NORWEGIAN TITLE The Highwaymen RUNNING TIME 132 minutes
	Producer: Casey Silver
	Screenwriter: John Fusco

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Frank Hamer	Kevin Costner
Maney Gault	Woody Harrelson
Miriam "Ma" Ferguson	Kathy Bates
Lee Simmons	John Carroll Lynch
Deputy Ted Hinton	Thomas Mann
Deputy Bob Alcorn	Dean Denton
Gladys Hamer	Kim Dickens
Henry Barrow	William Sadler
Ivy Methvin	W. Earl Brown
Detective John Quinn	David Furr

Review

The story of Bonnie and Clyde seen from the side of law enforcement – more specifically, the two former Texas Rangers Frank Hamer and Maney Gault, played by Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson. The story is fascinating enough, but as with several other recent Netflix-distributed films, the production values are uneven, with set decorations and a few supporting characters coming off as anachronistic. The Highwaymen is marred by a slow start and an unimpressive narrative drive; writer John Fusco is fond of his storytelling clichés, and director John Lee Hancock lacks the inventiveness to refresh them. Luckily, Woody Harrelson comes in and saves the affair. And the film's final ten minutes are well made and make the ending just as harrowing as you would expect. Thomas Newman contributes a fine musical score.