First time viewing of the caper. Set during The Depression, the story is strangely modern given today's economic blight with failing banks and such. Beatty and Dunaway embody the characters and make for an electric pair. The impotency story thread was a complete surprise but I'm glad Clyde got it sorted out - Dunaway is stunningly beautiful. The violence is also a surprise at is escalates in the final act of the film climaxing with the famous shootout. The similarities with Badlands are limited to the basics of the plot. Otherwise this has nothing in common with it. Great supporting turns by Michael J. Pollard (did he ever break from the mold of playing the part of C.W. Moss?), Hackman and Estelle Parsons. Good stuff.