Rating: PG13
Genre:
Western
Release Date: 04/16/2002
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Dimension
The true story of the formation of the Texas Rangers provides the backdrop for this youth-oriented Western. In 1875, after the Civil War, Leander McNelly (
Dylan McDermott) organizes the Texas Rangers to battle the outlaws terrorizing Texas, notably crime kingpin John King Fisher (
Alfred Molina). With a team of experienced gunmen (
Robert Patrick and
Randy Travis) and enthusiastic but green recruits (
James Van Der Beek,
Usher Raymond, and
Ashton Kutcher), McNelly and his Rangers bring law and order to the wild Texas plains; McNelly must also keep order among his charges when two rangers fall in love with the same woman, Caroline Dukes (
Rachael Leigh Cook).
Tom Skerritt and
Vincent Spano are also featured in the supporting cast; the screenplay, adapted from a script by
John Milius, was at one time set to be filmed by
Sam Peckinpah, shortly before the legendary Western director's death in 1984.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Dylan McDermott, James Van Der Beek, Ashton Kutcher, Robert Patrick, Usher Raymond, and Randy Travis star in this updated Western epic set in post-Civil War era Texas. A young Civil War veteran (McDermott) joins the recently formed Texas Rangers to avenge the death of his family. Also starring Alfred Molina, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tom Skerritt, Lenor Varela, Matt Keeslar, Vincent Spano, Jon Abrahams, and Oded Fehr.