The Baytown Outlaws

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Barry Battles directs. David McFarland behind the camera. Kostas Christides scores. Sean Valla cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Spanish, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
• 2Earned back only 1% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
• 3Released 14 years ago.
• 4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.
• 5Directed by Barry Battles, shot by David McFarland. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 6Original score by Kostas Christides. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 7Editor Sean Valla shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 8Clayne Crawford and Travis Fimmel and Daniel Cudmore carry the top of the cast.
• 9Marketing tagline: "A Southern Whip-Ass Extravaganza!".
• 10IMDB entry: tt1836944 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 11Classified under 11 themes, including "fight", "gas station", "anti hero", "murder".

The technical file

Cinematography

David McFarland

Original score

Kostas Christides

Editing

Sean Valla

Production design

Monroe Kelly

Costume design

Dana Embree

Makeup / hair

Budd Bird

Stunt coordinator

Lin Oeding

Runtime

98 min · 1h 38m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Budget

$4,000,000

Box office

$37,470

Return

1% of budget

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

The Baytown Outlaws (2012) ↗

Also by

Barry Battles

• 
  Brotherly Love

  2017 · ★ 9.0
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  2018 · ★ 7.0

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Official UK Trailer

  Trailer · Official

Community reviews

What people are saying

• Reno2015-12-04
  ★ 7/10

  One mission, three guys and several obstacles. It appears I'm watching quite a lot those scripts that featured on the blacklist films. I understand why the filmmakers hesitated to take up this project. Not that it is a bad one, but the script is not a fresh. It was a decent road-action movie, awesome characters, stunts, but a bit similar to 'The Boondock Saints'. Also a part of 'Dexter' was in it. It was so fun to watch, about the three men who take up a job to rescue an innocent boy from the drug lord. The trio think the job is done, but the assassins pursued them for the payback. The rest of the film takes place on the road with some great battles and exchange bullets between the gangs. It could be a good flick for a non-action film fans, but if you are an action movie fan then it is a same crap that you might have seen hundreds of times in other flicks. The villains were so weak, but the stunts were not. Especially women assassins were hyped too much and lets us down at the same pace. Billy Bob Thornton was in a powerful negative role and he did not appear in any action sequences which is a big disappointment. He just looked like a barking dog, that's all. The reason was, to avoid overlapping with other similar movies. In that case, this film was completely borrowed from different flick and assembled here with a set of new cast and locations. But I enjoyed it, and also not fully satisfied. Very interesting ending, lets wait and see if there is a sequel for it. 6½/10

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Production companies

Who made it

• LL

  Lleju Productions

• ST

  State Street Pictures

  US

Key crew

• Legal ServicesAlan D. Sacks
• Stunt DoubleMike Wilson
• Stunt DoubleChelsea Bruland
• ProducerBill Perkins
• ProducerRobert Teitel
• EditorSean Valla
• CastingLindsay Graham Ahanonu
• CastingMary Vernieu
• Production DesignMonroe Kelly
• Set DecorationLaura Groesbeck
• Costume DesignDana Embree
• HairstylistBudd Bird
• Makeup Department HeadRemi Savva
• Makeup ArtistLynne K. Eagan
• Art Department CoordinatorKristal McManigal
• Costume SupervisorJen Wasson
• Set CostumerToni Dangerfield
• Set CostumerCaryn Frankenfield
• Script SupervisorDru Anne Carlson
• Stunt CoordinatorLin Oeding
• StuntsMark Chavarria
• First Assistant EditorAndrew Jon Wallace

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• fight
• gas station
• anti hero
• murder
• mute
• shootout
• motorcycle gang
• brawl
• painted face
• face paint
• pantyless

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2013-01-29R

Also known as

International titles

• Les hors-la-loi de BaytownCA
• Прибрежное дискоRU