Review of Texas Rangers (2001) by Allan C — 29 Sep 2012
John Milius was at one point attached to this film and I'm sure it would have been a much better film had he been allowed to make it. Instead, you get a highly derivative western directed by the man who brought us "My Father the Hero" and "Soul Man".
The actors playing the veteran rangers, Dylan McDermott, Randy Travis, Robert Patrick and Tom Skerritt are good, but the young recruits, James Van Der Beek, Ashton Kutcher and Usher (never mind that the not so progressive Texas Ranger didn't hire the first black ranger until 1988) are much less impressive and seem like the "Young Guns" B-team.
There are nuggets of what could have been a good film scattered throughout, but the end result feels like the teen version of what could have been a tough gritty western.
This review of Texas Rangers (2001) was written by Allan C on 29 Sep 2012.
Texas Rangers has generally received mixed reviews.
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