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American Outlaws (2001)

PG-13 2001-08-17 (US) Western, Action 1h 34m

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Sometimes the wrong side of the law is the right place to be.

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When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. They will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West and, as their fame grows, so will the legend of their leader, a young outlaw by the name of Jesse James.

Roderick Taylor

Screenplay, Story
Les Mayfield

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John Rogers

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Colin Farrell

Jesse James
Scott Caan

Cole Younger
Ali Larter

Zerelda "Zee" Mimms
Gabriel Macht

Frank James
Gregory Smith

Jim Younger
Harris Yulin

Thaddeus Rains
Kathy Bates

Ma James
Timothy Dalton

Allan Pinkerton
Will McCormack

Bob Younger
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A review by Charles Tatum

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Written by Charles Tatum on October 28, 2024

SPOILERS AHEAD! "American Outlaws" is cinematic proof that the American public will watch just about anything, even a film that makes "Young Guns" look like "The Searchers."

Colin Farrell is Jesse James and Gabriel Macht plays his brother Frank. After the film opens with perhaps the most fun ever had at a Civil War battle, the Jameses and Youngers head home to Missouri. There, evil railroad executives have moved into the state in record time and are trying to buy everyone's land to build a railroad. Farms are burned, people killed, and the Youngers and Jameses have had it. After Ma James (K... read the rest.

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