proof why hollywood convention be in place . stale dialogue and underdeveloped and flat character and a disjointed storyline be only part of the problem with this gangster classic wannabe . an attempt to be dare and different but this appear to be a slap together attempt at recreate the magic of arthur penn bonnie and clyde ( 1967 ) and george roy hill butch cassidy and the sundance kid ( 1969 ) truly innovative filmmaker and film but fall well below the bar . problem with storyline be self explanatory result in the need for a voiceover to explain problem section . the edit appear again to be an attempt to duplicate the previous classic but be occasionally disjoint and cause more problem for me technically . unnecessary shot be throw in to justify the filming of them but would have good serve the viewer by sit on the cutting room floor . still and black and white montage and period music be throw in from time to time in attempt to either be different or to cover up for scene that can not transition well or to replace scene that just do not work at all and again be reminiscent of butch cassidy and the sundance kid ( 1969 ) . overly dramatic pause between sentence and random shot of surround scenery that wasn not need for storytelling plus over the top acting of bit player and support actor be reminiscent of the backyard camcorder director of the late 1980 i be leave wondering who be in charge of this film during production and during post production . the playing of music in most two shot and close ups and then suddenly stop in wide shot overly emphasize a weak musical score . no sound editing be drastically apparent a the bulk of the film be gunshot and door and footstep and dialogue ( a style use in the late 60 through the mid 70 by new director ) but lack background noise cause it to seem artificial particularly the tire squeak on dirt road . in my honest opinion the big problem of all be there be no likeable character for the audience to route for nor be we lead to see a the protagonist of the story . neither the gangster nor the lawman be character i want to see win and neither be focus on a the hero a necessity for any story to work for me . we know from penn and hill movie who the hero be . even though they be criminal and we like them and want to see them get away . i could care less who be on the screen in this film . i get the impression that john milius be try to give off a non historically accurate reenactment documentary of the event surround john dillenger life from june 1933 to july 1934 ( his death ) . to be fair and there be some moment of good solid storytelling and which be moment that shine forth brightly from the dark and dismal canister in which this film sit . john milius get well thankfully in future film where he doesn not seem to try to copy other filmmaker . dillinger ( 1973 ) isn not a total waste a many star and famous face who be at the cusp of break out be involve with this directorial big budget debut and but wait for it on a classic movie channel rather than spend money to rent or buy .