James Van Der Beek, Usher Raymond, Rachael Leigh Cook

If you want to see James Van Der Beek and Ashton Kutcher decked out in cowboy hats and leather chaps, Texas Rangers is the movie for you. Van Der Beek is a young recruit out to avenge his famil...( read more  read more... )y, who were shot down by bandits; Dylan McDermott is the loose cannon commander of the Texas Rangers unit that's out to track those bandits down. Along for the ride are Kutcher, Usher Raymond, Robert Patrick, Randy Travis, and a host of other good-looking young actors. Rachael Leigh Cook provides some assurance that everything is appropriately heterosexual, though a scene in which Kutcher jumps into a washtub with Van Der Beek may raise some eyebrows. Head bandit Alfred Molina grins with nonchalance as his men gun down innocent bystanders. No one in the cast even attempts to speak with a credible Texas accent, but everyone's hair is exquisitely mussed. --Bret Fetzer

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41% liked it

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2% liked it

49 critics

PG-13, 92 min.

Directed by: Steve Miner

Release Date: November 30, 2001

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DVD Release Date: April 16, 2002

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Flixster Reviews (184)


  • December 31, 2006
    Pretty good movie
  • November 11, 2006
    would've been cool if it had good action
  • November 10, 2009
    I found this one and it was real pretty good.
  • August 20, 2009
    I really, really, REALLY don't like westerns..but a bf got me to watch this and I ended up liking this one..
  • April 3, 2009
    Meh it was very predictable and somewhat boring western with a bunch of pretty boys...not really a good film
  • March 5, 2009
    Good movie. Had to buy it.
  • February 24, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • February 4, 2009
    well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch..its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that both james van der beek n ashton kutcher played good parts throughout this movie...i think that the director of th...( read more)is Action & Adventure, Western movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie..i think that the gun shoot outs n the fight scenes are pretty kewl throughout this movie..its an enjoyable movie 2 watch n its good western movie
  • January 21, 2009
    Pretty good, see it if you got time!
  • December 8, 2008
    no thanks not my thing

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December 1, 2001
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Enough horse-opera clichés to shame the makers of Gunsmoke. full review

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