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Overview

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Director:
Steve Miner
Writers (WGA):
George Durham (book)
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Release Date:
30 November 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Western | Drama more
Tagline:
Count Your Bullets.
Plot:
A ragtag group of youngsters band together after the American Civil War to form the Texas Rangers, a group charged with the dangerous, ruthless duty of cleaning up the West. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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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
Leonor Varela ... Perdita
Brian Martell ... Jean-Pierre Marsele

Alfred Molina ... John King Fisher
Billy Morton ... Abajo
Kate Newby ... Henrietta Dukes

Robert Patrick ... Sgt. John Armstrong

Gordon Michaels ... Mariachi Guard
Joe Renteria ... General Cortinas
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for western violence.
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Runtime:
90 min | Argentina:89 min | USA:110 min (original version) | Germany:86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Portugal:M/12 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:12 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:13 | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Spain:7 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Brooks, Alberta, Canada more
Company:
Greisman Productions more

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Unused score composed by Marco Beltrami more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: The film is supposed to take 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. more
Quotes:
Older Ranger: [hesitantly watching King Fisher and two men approach] King Fisher... What?s your business here?
John King Fisher: I've come for my beaves.
Older Ranger: This is a public auction, Fisher. You?re welcome to bid when the time comes.
John King Fisher: I bid fifty.
Auctioneer: [confused] Fifty what?
John King Fisher: Fifty of them.
[fifty of Fisher?s bandits ride in behind him, weapons drawn]
Older Ranger: [afraid] I can't let you take these cattle.
John King Fisher: Draw!
[Fishers bandits slaughter everyone]
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6 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Feels Like A TV Pilot, 26 July 2005
5/10
Author: Theo Robertson from Isle Of Bute, Scotland

A lot of people have commentated that Texas RANGERS feels like a straight to video film but I disagree and wish to point out that it seems more like a pilot for a TV series . The script and the way the cast play their roles certainly suggests this since we've got characters that seem anachronistic and could very well have become litery devices for a long running TV series . An example is of having one of the rangers as a black character , think about it he's in a Southern state and he's black ! What an obvious character to use at a later stage to explore racism . Unfortunately because none of the characters will be appearing in their own series this leads to a serious problem that many people have picked up on and that is there's no character development . In fact this makes the entire film feel totally clichéd and unconvincing

There are other serious problems such as the way the film uses an overlayed map every time the rangers move from one location to another . This happens in nearly every single scene without fail and becomes totally patronising after the first 20 times . No seriously I'm not exaggerating , if someone treks more than a few yards we see a soft focus overlay of a map come up on screen without fail . Perhaps the fact that the film was obviously NOT shot in Texas might have everything to do with this ? Anyone who has a vague notion of where Texas might be will be stratching their head asking what the rangers are doing in Montana . I'm also pretty certain that the creation of the Texas rangers didn't happen as we're shown here

TR is not a film that will satisfy everyone and I have a feeling that it will satisfy no one . Western aficionados will dislike because of its inaccurate feel while DAWSON CREEK viewers ( Am I right in thinking that this is who it was marketed for ? ) will very quickly become bored with the clichés

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