The Long Riders (1980)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:14
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: This violent Western follows four sets of brothers--the Youngers, the Jameses, the Millers, and the Fords--who band together for a crime spree across Missouri. Law enforcers, meanwhile, prove inept... [More]
Starring: Stacy Keach, James Keach, David Carradine, Keith Carradine
Director: Walter Hill
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Reviews for The Long Riders
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The casting problems aside, this is a fairly solid, but not particularly extraordinary film. Full Review |
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One of the more idiosyncratic James gang westerns but not necessarily one of the better ones. Full Review |
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Sacrificing investigations into the mentality behind America's most feared band of outlaws, Hill plumps for an evocation of time and place. He does a magnificent job. Full Review |
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Walter Hill's first outright failure. Full Review |
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It is an action film, an engaging one, and covers old ground with a contemporary style which never feels out of place. Full Review |
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4/4 |
A superb, nitty-gritty retelling of the story of the James-Younger gang. Full Review |
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What's ultimately missing is a definable point of view which would tie together the myriad events on display and fill in the blanks which Hill has imposed on the action by sapping it of emotional or historical meaning. Full Review |
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A beautiful, laconic and unsentimental film. Full Review |
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Walter Hill's first Western is atmospheric and remarkably authentic by casting real-life thespian brothers as real-life outlaw brothers.
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The Long Riders is well-done film about the legendary Jesse James. Full Review |
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2/5 |
A so-so effort, with the gimmick of brothers playing brothers its only interesting aspect.
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76/100 |
Four sets of brothers portray...four sets of brothers. Full Review |
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