Great Movie
This is a great western and my dad loves it. Thanks so much for your help with this gift.

Fictional Garbage
While early film offerings, such as "Jesse James," supported the myth, and even some solid recent films, including "The Long Riders," "The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James" and "The Great Northfield Raid," bent facts to condense the story, "American Outlaws" has to qualify as the biggest piece of trash ever made from the standpoint of passing itself off as a serious Western. Mostly, this garbage allowed its cast of pretty faces the opportunity to play "cowboys" like a group of grade-school youngsters. Being a fan of American history, the West in general and the James-Younger Gang in particular, I remember going to see this film when it came out, and the only reason I didn't walk out was to make sure it was trash from start to finish. If you are looking for a Jesse James collection, try those early films and -- by all means -- purchase "The Assination of Jesse James" when available.

A silly western
The Western genre often has unrealistic action sequences, but the producers of American Outlaws watched too many Jackie Chan movies. Young Guns (Special Edition) pulled off some outrageous stuff with a deft script, but American Outlaws leaves you laughing where you ought to be tense. Who would ever be afraid of Jesse James as played by Colin Farrell? That said, the movie works as a platform to launch new stars. It's engaging enough and has enough moments to keep a viewer's interest and has eye candy for both sexes.

The commentary shows that even movie professionals get star-struck. The people in charge should have spent less time admiring their cast and more time focused on their craft.
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Great Movie
I think this movie is great.... bought it along with young guns 1 & 2. I think they are all must-haves. Action, Love, Western, History, Guns, etc. If any of those words interest you then I'd pick it up. Good special features to, and behind the scenes stuff. Got it really quick after ordering too.

Fairly Good....Not Blazing
Having had little exposure to the whole Jessie James legend out here, it was with some interest and some curiosity that I sat down to view "American Outlaws". The anxiety was a little tense due to Colin Farrell, whose movies have been truly abominable at times.

While tweaking the historical side of things a bit, "American Outlaws" does seem to stick to basic phases of James' life. It also present Jessie James as a largely innocent Confederate hero returning from the ended Civil War. While that may be true in part, things are rarely so simple. So, the factual side has been played with substantially.

That said, what comes out at the end is a good movie with plenty of action, a good dose of humour and some good tension between various members of the James-Younger gang. None of it has been overdone to the point of absurdity, and "American Outlaws" is a good, basic Western movie with plenty of things going bang.

For a good action movie with a Western flavour, this is a good movie. While I would not say it is the best of the Western genre, I rather enjoyed it for what it is. A solid night's entertainment.