American Outlaws

American Outlaws (2001) is a western directed by Les Mayfield — watch it online on iFILM. Colin Farrell plays a young Jesse James opposite Scott Caan as his brother Frank, back from the Civil War and walking straight into a fight with a corrupt railroad baron.

Thadeus Raines has been quietly stealing deeds to homesteads across Missouri, backed by the infamous detective Alan Pinkerton. Jesse and Frank refuse to stand aside. They pull together a crew of ex-soldiers and locals, start robbing the banks financing the railroad, and soon find themselves at the center of the biggest manhunt the Old West has seen. Ali Larter, Kathy Bates, and Timothy Dalton round out a cast that keeps things moving.

This is not a grim revisionist western — it plays closer to a lively adventure, light on period realism but easy to watch. Stream American Outlaws (2001) online on iFILM.