Review of The Long Riders (1980) by Bobby H — 17 Jan 2009
An amazing portrayal of The Wild West and the most famous gang and notorious outlaws ever to live - The James Younger Gang.
Following Jesse James and his gang from it's high peak down until it's last robbery this movie introduces you to some emotional and trying times in the life of James and his counterparts. Historically I found it to be one of the most accurate tellings of The James Legend ever told.
The idea that the Youngers, James, Millers, and Fords were all played by real life brothers really brought out the chemistry between the actors. You could truly tell they had a love for there brothers and when tension fell between the gang you could truly feel the atmopshere in your heart.
This movie is an amazing film.
What stops me from giving it five stars? The ending. The Assination of James scene was one of the worst I ever seen, I don't know how it went wrong towards the end but it went from The James Younger Gangs last robbery - skipped all the way to the assination, and then ended on that note. It forgot about personal relationship and truly you only see the Fords very momentarly. This film would of done itself great to stop directly after the fall of The James Younger Gang and let another movie like "The Assination of Jesse James by the coward robert ford" tell that story.
Overall though the movie was a great flick and deserves to be owned by any western genre fan.
This review of The Long Riders (1980) was written by Bobby H on 17 Jan 2009.
The Long Riders has generally received positive reviews.
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