History Film / TheHighwaymen

* BangBangBang: Gault is so surprised at the sound of Hamer firing the Colt Monitor machine rifle that he falls over. TruthInTelevision as the recoil compensator creates a concussive blast.

* WouldNotHitAGirl: Hamer notices, after talking to one of Bonnie and Clyde's old friends (who is now a policeman and probably hesitated to shoot them in prior confrontations) that other cops are hesitant to shoot Bonnie because she's a woman, which is a hesitation that the OutlawCouple has no problem [[FlawExploitation exploting]] to blow them all away.

* BrokenPedestal: Early on, Hamer and Gault meet a young cop who was childhood friends with Bonnie and Clyde and provides a little exposition about their start as outlaws and pretty much implies he would not be able to hurt them. The Rangers eventually drive him to one of the gang's crime scenes and an enraged Hamer [[{{Invoked}} tells the kid]] to take a good look at the cop Bonnie head-shot at point-blank range [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown while he was lying on the ground]] and that he shouldn't consider them human anymore.

''The Highwaymen'' is a 2019 crime film released by Creator/{{Netflix}}.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Discussed. When Gault is telling the story about how he and Hamer killed off a bandito gang well before the events of the film, he makes a point of mentioning that the banditos not only murdered a hundred people but raped just as many women.

* FakingEngineTrouble: The plan to finally stop Bonnie and Clyde requires enlisting the help of the father of one of their associates to park his truck on the only route to his house where they're staying, and fake a flat tire so that the pair will stop to help, providing the perfect opportunity for Hamer and his men to apprehend them.

* SuddenHumility: A gas station attendant arrogantly tells Hamer and Gault that he admires Bonnie & Clyde and won't help them. Hamer then tells him in graphic detail about the innocent police officer the two outlaws just killed and about that officer's now-destitute family, and makes it clear (via a cocked gun) that he will consider the attendant a willing accomplice if he doesn't spill what he knows. The attendant quickly complies.

* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: Hamer and Gault are two aging Texas Rangers who came out of retirement to hunt down Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, a young OutlawCouple. For [[LeftHandVsRightHand a given value of "villain"]], all of the members of the newly-formed FBI that appear are also young [[SmugSnake and incredibly smug]] and try to undermine the Rangers' work at every turn.

* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: Hamer and Gault are two aging Texas Rangers who came out of retirement to hunt down Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, a young OutlawCouple. For [[LeftHandVersusRightHand a given value of "villain"]], all of the members of the newly-formed FBI that appear are also young [[SmugSnake and incredibly smug]] and try to undermine the Rangers' work at every turn.

* ForWantOfANail: When Hamer talks to Clyde's father, they both argue that this often turns people into who they are. The latter claims that Clyde's StartOfDarkness was stealing a chicken out of hunger and being monitored by the police long afterwards. Hamer relates that his entry into law enforcement began when he killed his boss in revenge, and that the only reason he wasn't charged with murder was because the man he killed was already a wanted criminal.

* WouldNotHurtAGirl: Hamer notices, after talking to one of Bonnie and Clyde's old friends (who is now a policeman and probably hesitated to shoot them in prior confrontations) that other cops are hesitant to shoot Bonnie because she's a woman, which is a hesitation that the OutlawCouple has no problem [[FlawExploitation exploting]] to blow them all away.

* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: Hamer and Gault are two aging Texas Rangers who came out of retirement to hunt down Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, a young OutlawCouple.

* WillNotHurtAGirl: Hamer notices, after talking to one of Bonnie and Clyde's old friends (who is now a policeman and probably hesitated to shoot them in prior confrontations) that other cops are hesitant to shoot Bonnie because she's a woman, which is a hesitation that the OutlawCouple has no problem [[FlawExploitation exploting]] to blow them all away.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: In-universe, Gault is astonished by the concept of government agents wiretapping the phone lines. He doesn't have nice things to say about cars, though.

* WouldNotHurtAGirl: Hamer notices, after talking to one of Bonnie and Clyde's old friends (who is now a policeman and probably hesitated to shoot them in prior confrontations) that other cops are hesitant to shoot Bonnie because she's a woman, which is a hesitation that the OutlawCouple has no problem [[FlawExploitation exploting]] to blow them all away.

* WouldNotHurtaGirl: Hamer notices, after talking to one of Bonnie and Clyde's old friends (who is now a policeman and probably hesitated to shoot them in prior confrontations) that other cops are hesitant to shoot Bonnie because she's a woman, which is a hesitation that the OutlawCouple has no problem [[FlawExploitation exploting]] to blow them all away.

** The film's portrayal of Frank Hamer leans into this trope. Hamer is shown to be fairly mild-mannered by the film, and hesitates on accepting the offer to hunt Bonnie and Clyde due to his family. In reality, he retired because he refused to [[StayInTheKitchen serve under a female governor]]. He balked as the initial offer Chief Simmons made for the hunt, as it was half of what he was earning as a strikebreaker for oil companies, and had a long history of CowboyCop antics both good[[note]]Such as exposing a murder-for-hire ring ran by the Texas Bankers' Association, who were offering $5000 rewards for explicitly dead criminals. When fellow law officers refused to assist him in shutting the ring down as they were profiting from it, Hamer took his detailed exposé to the State Capitol, blowing the ring open[[/note]] and bad[[note]]Such as him threatening a Texas State Representative, José Tomás Canales, who was investigating the Texas Rangers for allegations of abuse. Hamer's reputation, and threats, were considered serious enough that fellow Representatives escorted Canales to the hearings for protection[[/note]].

* BondOneLiner: Played with. Gault recounts a time when they were chasing a murderous gang, and every time the lawmen warned the gang to put their hands up ("''manos arribos''"), the gang responded by firing at them. Hamer's answer was to launch an attack in the dead of night, without warning, and kill the entire gang while most of them were asleep. Once the entire gange was dead, Hamer said "manos arribos, ya sons a' bitches". While it's a generally heroic example, Gault's recounting makes clear that he's still haunted by the incident, and a bit creeped out by Hamer's attitude.