Texas Rangers (2001)
5/10
A sort of Untouchables of the Wild West
13 October 2006
I just saw this on TV and quite enjoyed it, but yes I do agree with the first comment that it doesn't seem to have much in the way of big picture values. Good story though and could have made a really good historical movie, a sort of Untouchables of the Wild West. I really could not understand a word Rachael Leigh Cook said; an example I suppose of the lax standards that let this movie down. On top of better standards, it needed bigger stars (Kevin Costner as McEnelly perhaps, and Brad Pitt as the young sidekick). Alfred Molina, though, was good as the principal baddie. Also needed a more complex back story - Texas, after all, was stolen by force by the USA, as was California. And the near-absence of sex gives the final nail in the coffin that is the 'should have gone straight to video' opinion.
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