American Outlaws (2001) Reviews & Ratings

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American Outlaws reviews

American Outlaws holds a 5.9/10 average from 298 TMDB ratings.

The Indiana Jones Version. The legend of the James/Younger gang gets another outing in this fanciful actioner that's guaranteed to have history buffs frothing at the mouth. It very much comes off as a Western primed for the MTV generation, a young spunky cast are assembled and the action kitchen sink is thrown at the piece where ever possible. There's lashings of cool on show, some sexiness, and the prime action seq…
— John Chard (5/10)

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 int…
— tmdb76622195 (1/10)

**_Rousing, mythmaking account of the James-Younger Gang with Colin Farrell & Scott Caan_** This is yet another rendition of Jesse James, Cole Younger and their Gang. It focuses on the end of the Civil War and the first few years of the gang's activities,which lasted a whole decade in reality, from 1866-76, ending with the foiled Northfield, Minnesota, bank robbery on September 7, 1876. Jesse & Frank escaped while t…
— Wuchak (7/10)

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.

Movies like American Outlaws

If you enjoyed American Outlaws, these movies have a similar feel:

• El Dorado (1966)
• Barbarosa (1982)
• Boss Nigger (1975)
• Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
• Rancho Notorious (1952)
• 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
• Run for Cover (1955)
• Day of the Outlaw (1959)
• Young Guns II (1990)
• Rio Bravo (1959)
• Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure (1995)
• Decision at Sundown (1957)

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