The 1908 death of Butch Cassidy and his partner-in-crime the Sundance Kid has been a source of debate for decades, but it's best to take Blackthorn as a kind of Eli Cash-style redrafting of a spotty historical record. A loveably grizzled Sam Shepard plays James Blackthorn, the assumed identity taken up by Cassidy after the Bolivian Army has declared him dead. Although there's plenty of bullets and betrayal, Blackthorn remains primarily a patient, thoughtful character study. by Ned Lannamann