Texas Rangers (film)

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Texas Rangers
Directed by Steve Miner
Written by George Durham (Book: 'Taming of the Neuces Strip: The Story of McNelly's Rangers')Scott Busby Martin Copeland
Starring James Van Der Beek, Dylan McDermott, Ashton Kutcher,
Usher
Cinematography Daryn Okada
Release date(s) November 30, 2001
Running time 90 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English
Budget 38 million
IMDb profile

Texas Rangers is a 2001 film directed by Steve Miner. It is about a group of Texas Rangers set in the post-American Civil War era.

Ten years after the Civil War has ended the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly (McDermott) to form a company of Rangers to help uphold the law among the Mexican border. With a few veterans of the War (Patrick, Travis), most of the recruits are young men, (Van Der Beek, Kutcher, Raymond) who have little or no experience with guns or policing crime. The antagonist of the story is John King Fisher (Molina) who is stealing cattle, killing the young rangers and fleeing into Mexico.

The film is loosely based on the activities of Leander H. McNelly and the Special Force of the Texas Rangers, but it takes considerable liberties with the historical record (McNelly is shown dying of tuberculosis shortly after the climax of the action, when in real life he had retired from the Rangers the year before; King Fisher was not actually killed by the Rangers, but came to an agreement with them).

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[edit] Synopsis

After McNelly and his men pursue Fisher for a while, they fall into a trap, where many of the young and ill-trained rangers are killed. Defeated and low on morale the men fall back to a ranch house and attempt to set up an ambush for Fisher. After being double crossed by a woman (perhaps unwittingly) the rangers remain one step behind Fisher and his men. Two of the rangers follow Fisher and his men to the Mexican border, where they wait for the rest of their company. Once the entire Ranger company arrives at the Mexican border they plan their final attack. In a final gun slinging show down the Rangers face off against Fisher and his men.

[edit] Tagline

  • Count Your Bullets.
Actor Role
James Van Der Beek Lincoln Rogers Dunnison
Rachael Leigh Cook Caroline Dukes
Ashton Kutcher George Durham
Dylan McDermott Leander McNelly
Usher Raymond Randolph Douglas Scipio
Tom Skerritt Richard Dukes
Randy Travis Frank Bones
Alfred Molina John King Fisher
Billy Morton Abajo
Kate Newby Henrietta Dukes
Robert Patrick Sgt. John Armstrong
Gordon Michaels Mariachi Guard

[edit] Goofs

  • When Lincoln Rogers Dunnison meets George Durham and arrives in Brownsville, Lincoln's facial hair changes as his sideburns get thinner and change shape.
  • The film takes place along the Nueces Strip, the coastal line from Nueces County to Brownsville. However, the film frequently shows hills and mountains, which are not found within 200 miles of the Nueces Strip.

[edit] Reception

Texas Rangers was widely panned by critics, getting a 4% "Rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [1]

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