American Outlaws Movie Review 2001

Look kids, it's N'Sync as the James Gang! Remember "Young Guns" (1988)? By the end of this, you'll be begging for Emilio Estevez's constant mugging and Kiefer Sutherland's ridiculous brooding. Jesse (Farrell) and Frank James (Macht), along with cousins Cole (Caan), Bob (McCormack) and Jim Younger (Smith) return from the Civil War to find Ma (Bates) and the family farm threatened by the railroad. So they commence to robbin' banks to help out the poor folk who been done wrong. Along the way Jesse courts purty young filly Zee (Larter). People have been writing the obituary of the Western for a few years now, but "Outlaws" may be the bullet in the genre's back.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 95 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Brothers & Sisters, Westerns, Jesse James, Period Piece: 19th Century

Screenplay

John Rogers, Roderick Taylor

Cast

Colin Farrell, Gabriel Macht, Scott Caan, Gregory Edward Smith, Will McCormack, Timothy Dalton, Kathy Bates, Nathaniel Arcand, Ali Larter, Ronny Cox, Harris Yulin, Terry O'Quinn, Ty O'Neal, Joe Stevens

Cinematography

Russell Boyd

Director

Les Mayfield

Music

Trevor Rabin

Other

Pud Cusack, Maureen Crowe, Michael Tronick, John Frick, Luke Reichle

Producer

James G. Robinson, Morgan Creek Productions, Warner Bros.