On Hulu, I had a lot of fun watching The Long Riders, a 1980 Western directed by Walter Hill, that stars a series of real-life brothers (Quaid, Carradine, Keach, and Guest) as outlaw brothers of the Old West, like the Younger brothers and the James brothers. The brother thing was a gimmick, but worked well to bring a familiar vibe with the characters to make them seem more closer together, and everyone brought so much warmth and charm to their performances that I wanted to sit with the characters longer after the film ended.
And since this was a Walter Hill film, it had some insanely violent sequences, especially a shootout in a town that was just complete madness to watch, with multiple scenes of men on horseback crashing through windows. I was really feeling for the horses during those stunts, even if I knew the glass wasn’t real.
I heard of this film through Sam Rockwell mentioning it in an interview as a personal favorite, and I could see why, it’s full of grit and likable tough-guy characters played by a really talented and well-worn cast.
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