The Last Outlaw movie review

[Scott Tschirhart]

An interesting story with some unusual stars.

But it kills me that they didn’t teach the actors how to actually use a Sharps rifle!

But the takeaway lesson is to count your bullets!

[JimT]

It bothers me when movies don't get it right. I was looking at one the other day ... supposedly in 1869 .. but they were using Colt Peacemakers and 1892 Winchesters ... -sigh-

[gamekeeper]

I find it funny that some well known Western actors look like they have never fired a rifle or a revolver in their lives...

[JimT]

I find it funny that some well known Western actors look like they have never fired a rifle or a revolver in their lives...

It's even funnier watching them on a horse.

[Bill in Oregon]

Scott, it sounds like they needed to hire Mike Venturino to coach them on shooting single shots. He worked with Tom Selleck on "Quigley Down Under."
I can handle Sharps rifles and revolvers fine. But I stay well hidden when seated on a horse, as it is just too hilarious a show.

[wvfarrier]

The riding thing makes me nuts. You can immediately tell who has ridden a horse regularly and who has not. My wife gets mad at me for yelling at the TV

[JimT]

My wife gets mad at me for yelling at the TV

I have shot mine in my younger days.

[AJMD429]

I can handle Sharps rifles and revolvers fine. But I stay well hidden when seated on a horse, as it is just too hilarious a show.

I don't have to stay hidden.....I'll fall off the horse pretty quickly and be down in the grass anyway...

[GunnyMack]

I could never be in a western, im deathly allergic to horses! Besides they don't have a break pedal!!

Growing up it was my Dad yelling at the TV with aviation screwups then I started doing the same with gun stuff.

And I too have shot a TV! ( I got the bad guy )

[Scott Tschirhart]

Many actors used to train so they would look good on a horse. That’s because there used to be a lot of people who actually worked on a horse and knew the difference.

Burt Lancaster showed how to use a Sharps in “Valdez is Coming”

Tom Selleck did a great job in “Quigley Down Under.”

But the actors did a very poor job of it in this movie

[Ysabel Kid]

Anymore, there is really no excuse for that. Using non-period correct firearms is a big turn off for me now. And even when they do use period-correct firearms, they usually give them powers and abilities that no firearm actually has. May seem harmless, but this is why half the population thinks "silencers" make no sound whatsoever when used, every gun can shoot 20 rounds without reloading, and your little .22 will pick a man off his feet and throw him backwards 12 feet, leaving a hole the size of a watermelon in the guys chest. Then these same idiots demand gun control based on all these inaccuracies.

Given the budget of most movies, and what they pay the "actors" (I use that term loosely), there is no excuse that they can't use the correct arms, used correctly and accurately, and actual hire knowledgeable experts to ensure accuracy. Well, no excuse but it would offend their massive egos.

[Walt]

My solution to that is to avoid TVs and to never go to movies. I have no reason to watch people pretending to be someone they're not.

[Griff]

Scott, it sounds like they needed to hire Mike Venturino to coach them on shooting single shots. He worked with Tom Selleck on "Quigley Down Under."

ISTR that Mike told me it was Steve Garbe who coached Tom Selleck.

[Scott Tschirhart]

My solution to that is to avoid TVs and to never go to movies. I have no reason to watch people pretending to be someone they're not.

I’ve got nothing against actors or any other legitimate profession.

[rock-steady]

Well, no offense meant to anyone...

I watched The Last Outlaw movie last night.

If it was not the worst movie I have ever seen, it was in the top 2 or 3.

Like my Dad used to say...."They got up and made that movie before breakfast".

[Walt]

I've got nothing against the ones that aren't super egotistical leftists that spend their time preaching from a soapbox either but I give them neither my attention nor my money.

[1894cfan]

Pardon me for dropping another movie, how about The CowBOYS? Half the kids were actors and the other half had grown up on ranches! Had to spend months learning to ride and act. THEN they had to learn to shoot. AND they had to deal with Bruce Dern!

[Old No7]

But it kills me that they didn’t teach the actors how to actually use a Sharps rifle!

But the takeaway lesson is to count your bullets!

Um, it doesn't get any easier than with a Sharps....

"One and done!"

Old No7

[lthardman]

I saw The Last Outlaw a number of years ago. And I agree with everyone's assessments. But there WAS one thing from that movie that I do remember well and think about often. And that is the shear number and variety of cartridges and calibers that were used in those days. That would be a Supply Sargeant's nightmare. Now in the movie the actors never really matched a cartridge with the job at hand. They seemed to use whatever whenever. But obviously that group would have benefited from a little standardization.

[Scott Tschirhart]

There was apparently a great number of different cartridges which must have caused a logistical nightmare.

One of the raiders from Pancho Villa’s gang was carrying on the Columbus New Mexico raid was a Winchester 94 carbine chambered in .25-35. It is displayed on the wall of the train station.

I imagine that.25-35 shells would have been difficult to come by in war ravaged northern Mexico in those days.

[Rube Burrows]

I find it funny that some well known Western actors look like they have never fired a rifle or a revolver in their lives...

It's even funnier watching them on a horse.

There is a big big difference in watching Western Movie Actors from the 50s and such who could actually ride compared to the ones from today who most can't.

When I watch actors such as Audie Murphy, Kirk Douglas, Ben Johnson and others who could really really ride I am always impressed.

[Grizz]

My solution to that is to avoid TVs and to never go to movies. I have no reason to watch people pretending to be someone they're not.

you are Much More disciplined than I am although I don't go to movies. although i might make an exception for one last drive in flick . . .