If "The Outsiders" means to steer its muscle cars ... adding humanizing dimensions to some of the characters in an effort to be less schematic. He's not as tough as Hinton. The violence is made ...

"The Outsiders" starred (clockwise from top left) Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio and Emilio Estevez.