The Baytown Outlaws (2013)

Fantastic!

Absolutely Fantastic

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Obviously influenced by Justified, Dukes of Hazzard, and a few other shows with bountiful violence, bad acting, and stupid lines, this film is insulting to everything it was influenced by. Throw in the highly-overrated Billy Bob and Eva, and you have two poor act-people who have failed to entertain. This is one of the type of movies that you think you need to like to be judged cool by others, it's best not to hang with the people that would make you feel this way. The story is not original, not intriguing, and hard to follow if you are looking for a plot. The hair lighting is overdone, the language is too obviously practiced, and the entire movie lacks the engaging characters we need to like the thing. The attempts at humor miss by 80%. The actorsThe attempts at humor miss by 80%. The actors selected for some of the roles are known for playing the same character in other TV and movies. Pay attention, you'll see this ploy over-used in shows like this. They do it often for those who just left a popular TV show. It always fails.

This just happened to come on Showtime while I was doing something around the house - the beginning caught my attention...and then I was sucked in. Agreed, EL and BBT have limited roles ...and really, that's fine. Because its the Oodie brothers that steal the show. Literally. They're on a mission (cash incentive of course) to retrieve EL's godson from her crazy, criminal murderous ex-hubby (BBT). What ensues is entertaining, funny and heart- warming with a little bit of Speak n Spell thrown in. You'll find yourself rooting for the Oodie brothers. SO entertaining..I loved it. And it's got a pretty good soundtrack to boot!Definitely worth the watch!

'The Baytown Outlaws' is a direct-to-DVD action movie from first time director Barry Battles. Don't let the "Direct-to-DVD" thing scare you. This one is legit. It's so gratifying to know that you can find little gems like this among all the crap that gets feed to us in the theaters (Yeah, I'm talking to you 'Oz the Great and Powerful' and 'Jack the Giant Slayer' and every Jason Statham movie made since 'The Italian Job'). "Baytown" is about three brothers who only know violence and mayhem. They live their life one mark at a time and always looking for the one last big score. They find it in smoking hot Eva Longoria. She commissions them to get back her god son from the evil clutches of drug lord Carlos (Billy Bob Thornton). Thornton plays the same character he's played over the past couple of years ('Bad Santa', 'Bad News Bears'), and I still love it. This movie is a cool blend of other films like 'The Warriors', 'The Way of the Gun', and 'Smokin' Aces'. Its definitely worth a watch and should also restore your faith in the Direct-to-DVD bin. 7.5 out of 10.

Hey what a great film, this definitely had undertones of Tarantino, in fact if I never knew any better I would have said this was one of his films. The three main characters were well portrayed, if a little OTT ! Eva Longoria is always easy on the eye, its just a pity we never got to see MORE of her if you know what I mean! Storyline whilst quite simple and basic was OK, there were certainly plenty of plot holes and the story was weak in places, but at the end of the day this was just a schlockfest of violence and one liners. Billy Bob Thornton, whilst getting top billing played quite a minor role which could have been developed more thoroughly and comedically. Although I have never heard of any of the main 3 actors, I am sure they must have had prior quality roles. There was a bit of schmaltz in this movie with the invalid boy ( well played by Thomas Brodie Sangster of Game of Thrones fame, giving a performance akin to Daniel day Lewis in My Left Foot) receiving some gush from the brothers. Anyway, a movie well worth watching, not an Oscar nomination, but still a good yarn and a laugh...