It’s Thursday and I’m back with a new Thursday Movie Picks feature post. This series is hosted by Wandering through the Shelves and offers you a weekly prompt to post some movie recommendations/talking points according to the theme. Usually, you are supposed to post about 3-5 examples, which I find a very manageable amount.
Today we are here to talk about Outlaws! My mind immediately goes to the Wild West, but that’s not all there is to outlaws of course. We shall see what I can actually come up with for today. From the top of my head, not too many movies come to mind, so I’m changing things up and will use movies I haven’t watched yet, but am looking forward to!
Concrete Cowboy
A modern view on cowboys and I’m here for it. Are there really any outlaws in the movie? Debatable, for sure. But 15-year-old Cole is definitely in trouble at school and on the verge of doing some stupid stuff, so I’ll let that slide.
The Harder They Fall
I swear this is one of my most anticipated Netflix releases of the year. This cast has me fawning all over them and it just looks really good. I cannot wait to watch it.
High Ground
Former lawmen becoming outlaws in a way, I like the idea of that. Also, this seems extremely layered and complex, so I’m intrigued.
Life and Other Disasters 
Nice way to go but sorry to say I haven’t seen any of these. I don’t subscribe to Netflix so the first two aren’t going to be anything I’ll have access to. I like Simon Baker so perhaps I’ll seek out the last.
My mind also instantly turned to Westerns too, the term outlaw very much takes you in that direction but thinking about it I realized that all gangsters, black hats, bandits, criminals etc. are outlaws so I looked in other directions and came up with a small theme within the theme.
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)-Pussycat Club go-go dancers Varla (Tura Satana), Rosie (Haji) and Billie (Lori Williams) head out to the desert to drag race and raise some hell. When they meet a young hot-rodding couple they dispatch the guy, take the girl hostage and head to the hills on the hunt for rumored hidden fortune guarded by a disabled old letch (Stuart Lancaster) and The Vegetable (Dennis Busch) his hulking infantile son. They blaze in figuring an easy score, but the men have plans of their own. Pure exploitation is one big wild ride.
Deadlier Than the Male (1967)-Glamorous paid assassins Irma (Elke Sommer) and Penelope (Sylva Koscina) entice prominent businessmen with their wiles then off them for big bucks until insurance investigator “Bulldog” Drummond (Richard Johnson) and his mod nephew, Robert (Steve Carlson) jump on their trail. The twosome circles the globe hopping from one exotic locale to the next to bring the lethal lovelies to justice!
The Getaway (1972)-When career criminal Doc McCoy (Steve McQueen) is refused parole he convinces his wife Carol (Ali MacGraw) to strike a bargain with corrupt businessman Jack Benyon (Ben Johnson). Benyon agrees to get him sprung on the condition Doc pulls a bank heist with his gang. All goes as planned but double crosses and betrayals abound. The result-Doc and Carol try to flee to Mexico with both the money and their lives crossing Texas as both cops and outlaws pursue them, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. McQueen and MacGraw fell in love during the filming, left their respective spouses and embarked on a high profile tempestuously short-lived marriage.
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Ooooh, for once I can say I’ve watched something you’ve mentioned! I’m fairly certain I’ve seen The Getaway!
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The only one I can speak to here is Concrete Cowboy, and I liked it!
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That’s good to know!!
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You just gave me three films to add to my to-watch list! 😀
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Yay! Happy to hear it.
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These are all new to me as well. Seems like Idris Elba has been busy! I think I’ll give The Harder They Fall a go.
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That’s the one I’m honestly most excited about! Regina King rarely disappoints, but the cast in general seems fantastic for The Harder They Fall.
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I thought Idris may be in all 3..he is such a great actor. I want to see all 3 too but I don’t have Netflix. The second film makes me think of Quinton Tarantino but well worth seeing.
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Idris being in all three would have been so much fun. I could have picked The Dark Tower as the third movie haha but I’ve already watched that one.
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I’m not a huge fan of westerns but I too am looking forward to seeing The Harder They Fall.
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I’m not the biggest fan of westerns either, so I have no clue why I picked it as my theme within the theme, but I’m so pumped for The Harder they Fall!!
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