redwhiteandblue1776
Fun to watch, if you suspend reality. Wow! So much action that could only happen in the movies, not in real life. As shooters, my wife and I both just cracked up at the accuracy of the "good guys". Of course, the bad guy aren't so good. I just can't understand how some people could rate this movie 10. They must really have a warped view of the old west. Ever notice directors think horses lope (run) everywhere? It's a good thing they're making a movie and the horses get breaks along with the actors or they would keel over dead from all that running. Strange too they can be ridden all day and never seem to need to eat. Or poop. When a gun is fired, it recoils or jumps back and up. In movies they pretty much don't even wiggle. Guns are LOUD. Yet no one ever flinches or even reacts to the noise. Shots inside a room, building would be deafening. Firearms only hold a given number of bullets yet some guns never seem to run out without being reloaded. Locks were shot open with no problem and the bullets never ricocheted. Saddles of the period were pretty plain with high cantles (backs). In the movie they were low backed and Cheyanne rolls right out of the 50's. (1950s)
SnoopyStyle
Brothers Frank James (Gabriel Macht) and Jesse James (Collin Farrell) return home after the war with their confederate friends Cole Younger (Scott Caan) and his brothers. Jesse finds Zee Mimms (Ali Larter) all grown up. Railroad baron Thaddeus Rains (Harris Yulin) and his muscle Allan Pinkerton (Timothy Dalton) are forcing local landowners to sell their land cheap. They have the Army on their side. The boys form the James Younger gang to rob trains in revenge.The problem starts with Jesse James letting the young Union soldier escape in the heat of a savage battle. Next we're introduced to Zee with Ali Larter doing a hair flip like a model doing a shampoo commercial. Finally, Farrell and Caan are shirtless and spritz down with water. It's ten minutes in and I want to give up. It's trying to be Young Guns but it's nowhere near as fun. Estevez understood the idea and played up the camp. Farrell may not understand that this is not a serious movie. I don't think anybody sees it except possibly Caan. Even as camp, the actors are way too pretty. It's frustrating.
ma-cortes
This is a slight and plain biopic about Jesse James who ranks with Billy the Kid as the most famous of Western outlaws . Legend and folklore have cast him as a Robin Hood , a good boy forced by circumstances to follow a criminal life . The picture provides a simple portrait of Jesse and his band , as they move from Civil War to there territory becoming into demi-legends . Jesse (Colin Farrell) and Frank (Gabriel Match) joined the Confederate guerrillas of Quantrill and learned to kill in ruthless company . Jesse and Frank along with cousins Cole (Scott Caan) , Bob (Will McCormack) and Jim Younger return from War to find mommy (Kathy Bates) and family threatened by railroad . Then a Midwest town to be aware that mean railroad barons (Terry O'Quinn , Harris Yulin) have captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge , as a group of young ranchers unite forces to take back what is rightfully theirs . As Pinkerton (Timothy Dalton) detectives were hired by the railroad company to hunt down Jesse and Frank . So James Brothers commence to robbin' banks and trains to help out the poor folks who been done wrong . In the course of their revenge , they will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West . Along the way , Jesse courts attractive young , filly Zee (Ali Later) . As their fame grows, so will the legend of their leader, a young outlaw by the name of Jesse James.A sophomoric wild bunch look-alike that ends up resembling a Western version of Bowery Boys . Features various passable acting by a popular group of today's known stars . This is an average look about the known story of the West's greatest bandit along with Frank , Cole Younger and brothers . Contemporary-style Western with acceptable performances and professional direction by Les Mayfield who creates some good action scenes . Jesse is middlingly played , though sometimes overacting , by Colin Farrel, he plays as a likable, sympathetic, attractive young and favourite with girls . This passable Western packs lots of action , shootouts, and explosive violence . Taut excitement throughout , beautifully photographed by Russell Boyd and with spectacular bloodletting but realized with some flaws . atmospheric and evocative musical score by Trevor Ravin . The story is similarly to ¨The young guns I and II¨ with loads of noisy action and violence . The film gets spectacular shoot em'up , thrills , exciting horse pursuits ; it's entertaining , although nothing new but displays an ordinary pace and with no originality . People have been writing the obituary for a few years now , but ¨American outlaws¨ cannot be the bullet in the genre's back .The picture was based on actual events , these are the following : At the war's end in 1865 , Jesse rode in to surrender and was shot and seriously wounded by a Union soldier . It is believed that Jesse took part in his first robbery in 1866 when a dozen men held up the bank in Liberty , Missouri . A bank cashier was killed in the raid and a reward was offered for each of the James brothers . In 1873 Jesse and his band derailed and robbed a train on the Rock Island line . Jesse married his cousin Zerelda , who bore him two children . Pinkerton detectives were contracted to chase Jesse and Frank , the agents surrounded the home , believing they to be there , tossed a bomb and the explosion killed Jesse's young half-brother . This outrage brought much sympathy for the brothers . On 1876 Jesse and Frank in company the three Younger Brothers , attempted a bank robbery at Northfield , Minnnesota , and walked in disaster . The alerted citizens opened fire on the raiders , of the eight bandits involved , three were killed and three Younger brothers were captured . On 3 April 1882 Bob Ford , a new member of the gang , treacherously shot Jesse dead in back of the head in his home at St Joseph , Missouri .
disdressed12
this isn't too bad a movie.i would say it is mildly enjoyable.it's not exactly fast paced,but it's not quite boring either.i think it would have been better as a comedy,since it was such a lite hearted movie.the acting was OK,but nothing spectacular.it's about The James/Younger gang of the old west,led by Jesse James(Colin Farrel)it's just one interpretation of James's life,and i don't think it tries too hard to be accurate.either way,it is an interesting interpretation and it has some fun moments scattered throughout.i'd probably watch again,but it's not something i would watch over and over.for me,American Outlaws is a 6/10
