Rating: PG13
Genre:
Western
Theatrical Release: 08/17/2001(USA)
Release Date: 12/04/2001
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DTS/5.1/2
Run Time: 94 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children, Western Violence
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
This loosely fact-based oater attempts to mimic the youthful heartthrobs in Western garb formula of
Young Guns (1988), as well as the cheeky humor and some plot elements of
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
Colin Farrell stars as
Jesse James, who returns home from the Civil War to his small hometown to find that a crooked railroad baron (
Harris Yulin) has been illegally forcing the residents from the homesteads to make way for a new rail line. Enraged,
James leads a band of outlaws including his brother
Frank (
Gabriel Macht),
Cole Younger (
Scott Caan), and
Younger's brothers
Bob (
Will McCormack) and
Jim (
Gregory Smith) on a criminal spree of bank robbing. Although their Robin Hood-style tactics soon make them local heroes, the
James-
Younger gang members find themselves pursued by the dogged
Allan Pinkerton (
Timothy Dalton), the world's first "private eye." Along the way,
Jesse also finds romance with
Zee Mimms (
Ali Larter), the daughter of a local doctor (
Ronny Cox).
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
