Patchwork Western revisionism, full of as many holes as Cole Younger's bullet-riddled body. But there's something lovingly incomplete, elliptical, uneasy, yet altogether at peace with its own messiness. The end of a genre cycle? Maybe. In terms of sheer force, the knife fight between James Remar and David Carradine is one for the ages, and the Northfield shootout may be Hill's most brutally frank treatment of violence on the human body. The male camaraderie he addresses in all of his other films becomes an even deeper connection here, something shared/broken between brothers. Collateral damage is high, unflinching, until the violence ends, one way or another.

I really like the phrase already used to describe this film, "a greatest hits compilation of the famous stories surrounding this gang of outlaws," it sums up the content perfectly and when you add Walter Hill's visual choices it makes for a fine modern western. I happily confess to not enjoying the genre, for whatever reason it very rarely appeals to me, but I can see why this might be considered a great film for those that do get their kicks from it. I watched for Hill and Stacey Keach and wasn't disappointed.

I really like the phrase already used to describe this film, "a greatest hits compilation of the famous stories surrounding this gang of outlaws," it sums up the content perfectly and when you add Walter Hill's visual choices it makes for a fine modern western. I happily confess to not enjoying the genre, for whatever reason it very rarely appeals to me, but I can see why this might be considered a great film for those that do get their kicks from it. I watched for Hill and Stacey Keach and wasn't disappointed.

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Great western, Hill captures the old west pretty nicely.Gun fights are pretty great too and I loved the cast.

This is simply a fun and entertaining Western with a great gimmick of four sets of acting brothers playing four sets of actual brother outlaws. As it's Walter Hill, you get a good amount of good old bloody violence too. A good formula to me.

Patchwork Western revisionism, full of as many holes as Cole Younger's bullet-riddled body. But there's something lovingly incomplete, elliptical, uneasy, yet altogether at peace with its own messiness. The end of a genre cycle? Maybe. In terms of sheer force, the knife fight between James Remar and David Carradine is one for the ages, and the Northfield shootout may be Hill's most brutally frank treatment of violence on the human body. The male camaraderie he addresses in all of his other films becomes an even deeper connection here, something shared/broken between brothers. Collateral damage is high, unflinching, until the violence ends, one way or another.

Terrific Walter Hill western, good story, good characters and good action scenes. The use of slow motion in the shoot outs was quite influential in mainstream American action films.

Splintered & gimmicky (they're brothers playing brothers — get it!), but I'll be damned if it ain't still good.