Do you like Billy Bob Thornton, Norman Reedus (types), Eva Longoria, and most Tarantino style movies with over the top gun play, violence & gore? There's not a doubt in mu mind you will love this movie & rate it 7 pr 8 stars. Southern Redneck dialog drives this movie as three main characters are hired as muscle for a mission. It's important to say the characters are Redneck & Southern without an ounce of racism which makes it enjoyable. It is purely a fun action movie that offers a vicarious story to escape into & take a break from your troubles. The movie was filmed in Slidell, Louisiana but claims to traverse the south from Alabama to Texas to Vicksburg, Mississippi. The three main characters are extremely tough, brave & heavily armed & rely on these assets throughout. I enjoyed it & was impressed it was produced for $4 Million. The reviews said it was much better than it's rating & critic reviews. I have to agree. I would rate it around 7.5-8.0, & since only one is an option my rating is 8/10 stars. Really a great cast & a ton of actors are in this movie, making me believe they did it for the quality of the script & the belief it would be a good movie. It would make an excellent sequel. If you want to escape & be part of a Tarantino style movie experience, look no further. If you want a movie to engage higher brain functions, keep looking. Knox D. Alford, III

It's Deja Vu All Over Again as Today these DTV Trash Movies are just Like the Fodder for Drive-Ins and Grindhouses of a Bygone Era. A Mainstream Movie (pick a Tarantino) has Success and then Roger Corman and His Ilk would Rush Off and in a Day or Two would Send Off Send Ups and Make a Quick Buck.Welcome to the new Millennium. So here We have a Repeat of the Aforementioned Formula. These Opportunist are Riffing Tarantino who has made a Career of Riffing. This is a Not Bad Piece of Work with Southern White Trash as the Anti-Heroes, with a Black Southern Corrupt Cop so No Rants of Reverse-Racism can be Taken Seriously.Of Course, Nothing in this B-Movie is to be Taken Seriously. It is All Played for Laughs and Thrills. Whether You Find it Funny or Thrilling will Absolutely Depend on Your Tendencies, Taste (or lack there of), and Tolerance for Low-Brow, Sophomoric Movies that are In Your Face and Love Every Minute of it.This is an Above Average DTV that Delivers Enough of its Intent and while Not Great Filmmaking or Writing is Entertaining and its Offensiveness is Well Handled and Even Charming at Times. Definitely Worth a Watch for Fans of Exploitation Cinema, Low-Budget Rip-Offs, Filthy Characters (with hearts of gold) that Revel in and are Proud to be Called "The Great Unwashed".

I don't think anyone will ever nominate "Baytown Outlaws" for any awards, but it certainly works well within the parameters the director and screenwriter lay out for it. Think "Road Warrior" meets Elmore Leonard run through a Lynyrd Skynyrd "Wild-Eyed Southern Boys" cast of characters.Lots of good, irresponsible fun.The poster (and box cover) don't really play fair with the viewer - Billy Bob Thornton and Eva Longoria are in this, all right, but Longoria gets about 10 minutes total on screen and Thornton is basically a talking head disconnected from the action. The burden of carrying the film goes to 3 relatively unknown actors who bring their best stuff to these roles and make the film worth watching. I have no idea what their backgrounds really are, but I never doubted their on screen roles for a second.There's even a little bit of depth and character growth here, as the screenplay manages to import character history and family dynamics and takes time to reveal a sympathetic, likable side to these killers for hire as they shoot increasingly bizarre and dangerous bands of mercenaries and killers in their respective faces. Our "heroes" try to keep a helpless, wheelchair bound young man safe in the midst of some very impressive mayhem and take a bit of a shine to him, and in the context of the movie this actually works.The action is convincingly and energetically depicted - it's movie land, where a character can take a huge knife to the back and be back in action two scenes later, but it's huge amounts of fun.Apparently, this film had a very limited release, or it might have made a bigger splash. Too bad - I'd be interested in any else the directors and these actors would be involved in.This actually "felt" more epic than a science fiction extravaganza like "Cowboys and Aliens", even if the story wasn't as novel and involving, so it gets the same score, a "7". If the IMDb ratings allowed it, I'd make it 7.5.

For some reason I had been keeping putting this movie off, as I didn't expect it to be much fun. Boy was I wrong. This movie is quite awesome. This is an adrenaline-filled, testosterone-dripping man's movie.The story in "The Baytown Outlaws" is about the Oodie brothers who do dirty and shady jobs for cash. And when they take on the job of reclaiming a boy they might have bitten off more than they could chew..."The Baytown Outlaws" is entertaining in every sense of the word. The storyline is good and has a good, continual flow to the storyline. And the situation evolves nicely as the Oodie brothers get further and further in over their heads.But the cast they had for the movie was really pulling their load and weight of the movie. Clayne Crawford, Travis Fimmel and Daniel Cudmore did really good jobs as the Oodie brothers (Brick, McQueen and Lincoln, respectively). But also a thumbs up to Thomas Brodie-Sangster for his portrayal of Rob, that was just great. I will say that I am usually not much of a fan of Billy Bob Thornton and his soul patch, but he was quite good in the role of the drug dealing boss.As for the characters in the movie, well strap yourself in for a treat, because there were spared no expense in the department of fleshing out and detailing characters. Especially the Oodie brothers, they were just a heap of entertainment in themselves. But also Carlos, his temper and attitude was just plain fun to behold.There is a unique touch to the movie, and I can't really put my finger on it, but I think it is a combination of the acting, the storyline, the gritty feel of the movie and the camera-work all put together."The Baytown Outlaws" really surprised me and it was good entertainment from start to end. This movie can warmly be recommended if you are looking for about 98 minutes worth of great entertainment.