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There are many movies on Jesse James. This is probably the best. Definitely the most accurate, since it captures the clannish environment and deep resentment against the North in Missouri after the American Civil War. Read More…
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Although relatively accurate, The True Story of Jesse James (1957) lacks creative spark. Read More…
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Ride with the Devil (1999) captures the brutality of guerrilla warfare along the Missouri-Kansas border during the American Civil War, but is weakened by unnecessary melodrama. Read More…
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While Dark Command is entertaining and surprisingly dark for 1940, it completely airbrushes the savagery that made the fighting in the Missouri-Kansas region a particularly brutal part of the Civil War. Along with Santa Fe Trail, which was made the same year and also deals with Bleeding Kansas, the film attempts to paper over the deep divisions that had caused the Civil War in an effort to unite northerners and southerners as the United States seemed increasingly likely to enter WWII. Read More…
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The Buccaneer (1958) spends too much time on romance than the struggle to defeat the British at New Orleans during the War of 1812. Read More…
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The Alamo (1960), John Wayne’s directorial debut, is entertaining, but stretches the facts horribly, transforming the Texan Revolution from a rebellion by American immigrants who wanted to continue their practice of slavery into a defence of liberty against tyranny. Read More…
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The Alamo (2004) presents an iconic moment in American history with impressive historical accuracy, Read More…
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Although American Outlaws (2001) plays fast and loose with history, whitewashing the James-Younger Gang, it is a lot of fun to watch. Read More…
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Young Guns Two (1990), which presents Pat Garrett’s hunt for Billy the Kid, is a relatively accurate look at violent men who were unwilling to accept that their time had passed. Read More…
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Young Guns (1988) is a sanitized version of Billy the Kid’s involvement in the vicious Lincoln County War but it has good acting and brisk action scenes. Read More…
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Aside from the James brothers and Bob Ford, Jesse James (1939) gets almost nothing right but it is very entertaining and has a surprisingly bleak view of the outlaw life. Read More…