Richard Linklater’s efforts with the performers are evident, yet this story about the actual Newton gang—whose criminal activities ended in one of the nation's most well-known train robberies—simply fails to ignite any enthusiasm. Matthew McConaughey portrays Willis and is joined by his brothers Jess (Ethan Hawke), Joe (Sweet Ulrich), and Vincent D’Onofrio as Dock, who steals every scene, as these young men come to t…