American Outlaws

Every generation gets the Western outlaws it deserves, and in this retelling of the exploits of the James-Younger gang, the boys are buff, puppyish and impeccably barbered, ridin' and robbin' and shootin' with the frisky glee of youngsters blowing off some steam. And mindful of the fact that today's audiences just hate an unhappy ending, screenwriters Roderick Taylor and John Rogers cut short the story before things go horribly wrong. Hey, who wants to see a charismatic hero get shot in the back in his own living room? Bummer! The film opens at the end of the Civil War, as Missouri natives Frank (Gabrial Macht) and Jesse James (Colin Farrell) and their cousins...