WesternAction

American Outlaws

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

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.

Release Date : 2001-08-17

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Morgan Creek EntertainmentWarner Bros. Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Jesse James

Original Name : Colin Farrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cole Younger

Original Name : Scott Caan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zerelda "Zee" Mimms

Original Name : Ali Larter

Gender : Female

Character Name : Frank James

Original Name : Gabriel Macht

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jim Younger

Original Name : Gregory Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thaddeus Rains

Original Name : Harris Yulin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ma James

Original Name : Kathy Bates

Gender : Female

Character Name : Allan Pinkerton

Original Name : Timothy Dalton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bob Younger

Original Name : Will McCormack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doc Mimms

Original Name : Ronny Cox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rollin H. Parker

Original Name : Terry O'Quinn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Comanche Tom

Original Name : Nathaniel Arcand

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clell Miller

Original Name : Ty O'Neal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Loni Packwood

Original Name : Joe Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Malcolm

Original Name : Barry Tubb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Jack Watkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Union Officer

Original Name : Tom Schuster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bank Manager

Original Name : Lee Ritchey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman

Original Name : Robin Christian-McNair

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Man Tucker

Original Name : Ed Geldart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff

Original Name : Brad Leland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy

Original Name : Craig Erickson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Engineer

Original Name : Mark Walters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Senator

Original Name : Michael Stephen Costello

Gender : Male

Character Name : Head Teller

Original Name : Jack Gould

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lyla

Original Name : Morgana Shaw

Gender : Female

Character Name : Driver

Original Name : Brady Coleman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pastor

Original Name : Richard Andrew Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man

Original Name : Steven Bland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teller

Original Name : Jerry Cotton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Burly Detective

Original Name : Muse Watson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy Soldier

Original Name : Lane Thomas Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Union Lieutenant

Original Name : Ron Hayden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jenkins

Original Name : Darryl Cox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Union Commander

Original Name : Riley Flynn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pinkerton Commander

Original Name : Joe Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hangman

Original Name : Shawn Patrick Nash

Gender : Male

Character Name : Loni's Girl

Original Name : Jessica M.E. Nitsch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harlan (uncredited)

Original Name : Big Skinny Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Pei-San Brown

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gang Horse Rider (uncredited)

Original Name : Anne Carr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Troublemaker (uncredited)

Original Name : Steve Crawford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hold-up Victim (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank G. Curcio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsfolk (uncredited)

Original Name : Lisa Del Dotto

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hyperion Townsfolk (uncredited)

Original Name : Jeremy Denzlinger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pinkerton / Sniper (uncredited)

Original Name : Troy Dillinger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsfolk (uncredited)

Original Name : Kirk Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sharpshooter (uncredited)

Original Name : David Jachin Kelley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pinkerton Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Marvin Schroeder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Railroad Worker (uncredited)

Original Name : Chris Warner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsfolk (uncredited)

Original Name : Gena West

Gender : Female

Character Name : Civil War Veteran (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Wright

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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 sequences are exciting. Yet it just comes off as soulless, something emphasised by the awful score and soundtrack. Acting is OK, particularly from Timothy Dalton as Allan Pinkerton, the man tasked with bringing down Colin Farrell's Jesse James - this whilst having a grudging respect for the outlaw - while Gabriel Macht puts some assured calmness into the role of Frank James. Elsewhere everyone else is having fun even though they be hamstrung by the script. There's hints of thought, such as the power of celebrity status and corporate greed, but these are few and far between, for this is what it is, an action film that works on that level only. 5/10

Charles Tatum

@CharlesTatum

2024-10-28

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 (Kathy Bates, here for the paycheck) is killed in an attack, the guys decide to stick it to the man by robbing banks where the railroad company does business. The rest of the film is a series of explosions as the gang robs, Allan Pinkerton (Timothy Dalton) tries to track James down, and the boys escape from one pickle to another. This film is stupid. So stupid. First of all, all the characters are straight out of a screenplay seminar: Jesse the dashing hero, Zee (Ali Larter) his love interest, Frank the smart one, Cole Younger (Scott Caan) the hothead, Bob Younger (Will McCormack) the "funny" one, Jim Younger (Gregory Smith) the boy who you know will die, Tom (Nathaniel Arcand) the politically correct Native American Indigenous People Indian Scout guy whose sole function here is to add some color to the cast of white guys, Rains (Harris Yulin) and Parker (Terry O'Quinn) are the villains, Ma James is the religious nut who has no problem with guns and killin', and Pinkerton, who enjoys the chase of James more than the capture. All the young men wear cool clothes and brandish magical pistols that reload themselves. Thank goodness everyone over thirty five is an idiot, so as these rascally killers can go John Woo/Chow Yun Fat all over their gold-filled rumps and do serious damage without ever killing an innocent bystander. Electric guitar riffs fill the soundtrack, and the film goes through all its preordained set pieces where the outcome has already been determined yet the film makers treat them as if they invented the genre. If you need to see cute guys without their shirts on, go online. If you need to see a decent western, watch anything but this. The entire cast and crew should be ashamed of themselves for coming up with this and shooting it. Did we learn nothing from "The Brady Bunch," when Bobby worshiped Jesse James until Mike brought home the son of one of the outlaw's victims? Why is that decades old sitcom more responsible than this dung? Wanna know the kicker to this whole migraine of a movie? Ma James is killed, prompting the boys to take revenge on the railroad. In real life, she outlived Jesse by almost forty years. Avoid "American Outlaws" like you would the popular girl at the brothel.