... scores points as a well-mounted, traditional Western that should please anyone looking for a fix of old-school moral justice...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 22, 2021

The story lacks anything new, the filming choices are weird, and the characters fall short. Best advice is to ride out of town before the final shot.

| Original Score: 2 / 5 | Jul 27, 2020

First, it was that episode of Game of Thrones. Then, it was Godzilla: King of the Monsters. And now, here's the indie Western The Outsider to suggest that maybe it's time for filmmakers to consider buying a light bulb or two to help illuminate their sets.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 26, 2019

Railroad worker, revenge, corrupt lawman, and country star Trace Adkins!?! That package should attract the eyes of fans of Westerns and country music.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 3, 2019

A gritty western which holds your attention but never completely draws you into its story of revenge.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jun 17, 2019

Ultra-violent, ahistorical Western revenge flick...is intriguing mash-up of genres...Really captivating Jon Foo's...devastating use of formidable martial arts skills.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 17, 2019

The Outsider does enough to satisfy the basic demands of the genre and is never less than watchable, but it ultimately promises more than it delivers.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 14, 2019

Trace Adkins looms large in a dark and brooding sagebrush saga with a healthy dose of Spaghetti Western fatalism.

| Jun 14, 2019

The caricatures of characters, abysmal treatment of women, and nearly inscrutable plot make the movie an experience to be tolerated rather than celebrated.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jun 12, 2019

Despite [a] stylistic approach to speed through the content, the emotional undertones are deftly presented.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 12, 2019

[The Outsider] tells its tale well enough, exploring a type of racism the genre rarely deals with, but it never quite takes off the way it should have done.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 10, 2019

The Outsider puts a spin on the western drama but quickly falls back into the conventional tropes of the genre.

| Original Score: 5.5/10 | Jun 10, 2019

An old-school Western oater, The Outsider is a learn, mean and dark tale ruminating on revenge and redemption.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 10, 2019

Most B-movies disappear without a trace. Timothy Woodward Jr.'s "The Outsider" is more likely to disappear *with* one.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 9, 2019

The Outsiders suffers from a lack of a single moment of narrative surprise or subtlety, as it follows the conventions of the genre slavishly.

| Original Score: 56/100 | Jun 2, 2019

'The Outsider,' at a short 86 minutes, moves at a leisurely pace. It builds suspense and lets us get to know the main protagonists enough to get emotionally involved in their fates.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 1, 2019

...benefits substantially from a refreshingly pared-down narrative and an appreciatively brisk running time...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 1, 2019