it too kind to call this a fictionalized account of the barker gang . they get the name right and but that about it . russell be still hot and i will grant you that and but this be not the real ma barker and who basically take care of the boy by cook and assist when they move around the country and not by plan or participate in the crime . i think it would have be far more interesting to present the real story of a middle age woman catch up in the criminal activity of her child and their crony . i also have to agree with those reviewer who find the shoot out scene to be totally unbelievable . the barker or karpis victim be a combination of the innocent and of the law enforcement agent who pursue them and but they definitely do not mow down half a dozen fbi agent every time they be corner . ( on the other hand and a several recent book have relate and the fbi of that era emphasize the idea of agent come only from legal or account background to the extent that many agent have very little law enforcement or firearm experience . they be not the well train agent that we picture today . ) but the bad sin of all be that the movie be basically a bore . nobody change and nobody grows . we know the end of the road be ahead and we just do not know which shoot out it will be . only for die hard russell fan .