It's 1887 Cuchillo, New Mexico. Masked men escape after a bank robbery. There's a bounty on them for killing a well connected man. The leader Henry (Chad Michael Murray) ruthlessly kills an elderly couple after being told the news of the bounty. They are pursued by Josiah (Luke Wilson) and his posse. Henry and the remaining two barge in on George Tildon and his family on their homestead.This is drawing inspiration from the harsher exploitation elements with the western genre. It's doing too much hand-held and panning around. I'm not sure Wilson and Murray fit in this more brutal movie. They are too Hollywood with a certain personality. I keep thinking a Tarantino would infuse this with better dialogue and more intense thrills. He would have elevated the tension when they are staying in that cabin. It drags on and on despite the wild revelations. It's trying for a lot of things but it's not fully satisfying. There is value in trying but it keeps missing. I question why they don't kill George right from the start. He's a big guy who seems dangerous in a hand to hand fight. This movie tries hard at times but keeps playing a flat note.

Outlaws and Angels is a movie about a home invasion that occurs in the late 1800's. The screenplay is good, but it borders on descriptive pornography and contains horrendous violence. Some of the characters are subjected to extreme blunt force trauma resulting in significant blood splatter.The screenplay is actually good, but excessive violence (with inadequate support from the screenplay) was too much for me.

Other reviewers might tell you the movie is boring, drawn out, and gratuitous. This reviewer however will keep it short and simple. If you like character driven and dark inquiries into the human condition and blurred lines between good and evil, then this movie is for you. It may not be your typical action packed gritty western of white hats and black hats, but it makes up for it with intrigue, dialogue, and story line.

This is an unexpectedly grim, harrowing and extremely violent western.It is unpleasant and uneven. Starts off with a shock, then you get a rest period,then more bloody violence, long dull moments rudely interrupted by more splatter.A cross between a Sam Peckinpah western and " The Hunting Party". It's different and not for all tastes.