cv363_29273.txt

susan_NP
granger_NN
's_POS
review_NN
of_IN
"_"
american_JJ
outlaws_NNS
"_"
(_(
warner_NP
bros_NNS
._.
)_)
thomas_NP
edison_NP
's_POS
"_"
the_DT
great_JJ
train_NN
robbery_NN
"_"
(_(
1923_CD
)_)
was_BEDZ
the_DT
first_OD
western_JJ
ever_RB
made_VBN
and_CC
"_"
jesse_NN
james_NP
under_IN
the_DT
black_JJ
flag_NN
"_"
(_(
1923_CD
)_)
first_OD
introduced_VBD
the_DT
outlaw_NN
folk_NN
hero_NN
._.
now_RB
,_,
more_DT
than_CS
20_CD
similarly-themed_JJ
pictures_NNS
later_RBR
,_,
jesse_NP
james_NP
and_CC
his_PP$
notorious_JJ
gang_NN
of_IN
outlaws_NNS
ride_VB
again_RB
in_IN
a_DT
banal_JJ
mtv_???
spin_NN
on_IN
an_DT
american_JJ
legend_NN
._.
the_DT
story_NN
begins_VBZ
as_IN
jesse_NP
(_(
charasmatic_JJ
colin_NP
farrell_NP
)_)
and_CC
his_PP$
brother_NN
frank_NP
(_(
gabriel_NP
macht_NP
)_)
,_,
cole_NP
and_CC
scott_NP
younger_JJR
(_(
scott_NP
caan_???
,_,
will_NN
mccormack_NN
)_)
and_CC
trusty_JJ
comanche_NN
tom_NP
(_(
nathaniel_NP
arcand_NP
)_)
,_,
after_IN
four_CD
years_NNS
of_IN
fighting_NN
for_IN
the_DT
rebs_???
in_IN
the_DT
civil_JJ
war_NN
,_,
return_NN
to_IN
liberty_NN
,_,
missouri_NP
-_-
only_RB
to_IN
discover_VB
union_NP
troops_NNS
are_BER
occupying_JJ
their_PP$
hometown_NN
._.
and_CC
an_DT
avaricious_JJ
east_NN
coast_NN
railroad_NN
baron_NN
,_,
thaddeus_NP
rains_NNS
(_(
harris_NP
yulin_NP
)_)
,_,
is_BEZ
forcing_VBG
farmers_NNS
to_IN
sell_NN
their_PP$
land_NN
at_IN
less_DT
than_CS
true_JJ
value_NN
,_,
aided_VBN
by_IN
allan_NP
pinkerton_NP
(_(
timothy_NP
dalton_NP
)_)
and_CC
his_PP$
infamous_JJ
detectives_NNS
who_WP
,_,
back_JJ
then_RB
,_,
were_BED
just_RB
thugs_NNS
who_WP
provided_VBD
security_NN
._.
but_CC
when_CS
ma_NN
james_NP
(_(
kathy_NP
bates_NP
)_)
becomes_VBZ
one_CD
of_IN
their_PP$
victims_NNS
,_,
jesse_NN
and_CC
the_DT
rest_NN
of_IN
the_DT
guys_NNS
(_(
gregory_NP
smith_NP
,_,
ty_NN
o'neal_NN
,_,
joe_NP
stevens_NP
)_)
form_NN
the_DT
james-younger_NN
gang_NN
to_IN
wreak_VB
revenge_NN
by_IN
attacking_VBG
the_DT
railroad_NN
's_POS
supply_NN
lines_NNS
,_,
sabotaging_VBG
track_NN
and_CC
robbing_VBG
the_DT
banks_NNS
where_CS
the_DT
payroll_NN
is_BEZ
kept_VBN
._.
plus_IN
there_RB
's_POS
romance_NN
-_-
between_IN
jesse_NP
and_CC
a_DT
spunky_JJ
hometown_JJ
gal_???
,_,
lee_NN
mimms_NP
(_(
ali_NP
larter_NN
)_)
._.
working_VBG
from_IN
a_DT
politically-correct_NN
,_,
clich_NP
?_?
-drenched_JJ
,_,
sanitized_JJ
and_CC
revisionist_JJ
screenplay_NN
by_IN
roderick_NP
taylor_NP
and_CC
john_NP
rodgers_NNS
,_,
director_NN
les_NP
mayfield_NP
keeps_VBZ
the_DT
action_NN
fast-paced_VBN
and_CC
goes_VBZ
for_IN
lightweight_JJ
laughs_NNS
when_CS
he_PP
can_MD
._.
the_DT
choppy_JJ
editing_NN
hurts_VBZ
but_CC
russell_NP
boyd_NP
's_POS
cinematography_NN
,_,
luke_NP
reichle_???
's_BEZ
designer_NN
duds_???
and_CC
trevor_NP
rabin_NP
's_POS
music_NN
lend_VB
authenticity_NN
._.
on_IN
the_DT
granger_NN
movie_NN
gauge_NN
of_IN
3_CD
to_IN
3_CD
,_,
"_"
american_JJ
outlaws_NNS
"_"
is_BEZ
a_DT
galloping_JJ
,_,
formulaic_JJ
3_CD
._.
it_PP
's_BEZ
the_DT
wild_JJ
west_NN
re-visited_VBN
as_IN
a_DT
date_NN
movie_NN
._.