Review of The Highwaymen (2019) by Jumpcut_Online — 08 Apr 2019

It’s a slow burning, safe, cat-and-mouse drama. With just one car chase and a brief opening jailbreak, the action is few and far between and has enough of the brutal violence to hit home without being gratuitous, but then this isn’t an action film.

It’s not ‘Gangster Squad’. It’s a story of the real-life investigations and obstacles crossed that show how Bonnie and Clyde were taken down by clear policing and procedure and not shoot-out after shoot-out and state or statewide car chases and over-long dramatic monologues.

In fact, Bonnie and Clyde are near faceless throughout; they are out there, but we are following the Rangers only and see as much as they see.