Young Guns

1988 "Six reasons why the west was wild."
6.8| 1h47m| R| en
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A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

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Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch
Actuakers One of my all time favorites.
FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
mavoro I loved a lot about the Movie the start was quite appealing and it was somehow working. Then the middle of the movie was very enjoyable the mix of hunt and getaway was working well in my opinion. The Mescalin scene was quite funny. But then as closer the film comes to an end the worst it gets. The last shootout wasn't a shootout it was just terrible mix of unrealistic scenes, and it was a mess. Really this could have gotten 6 or 7 of 10 but the end wasted that opportunity.
bowmanblue Young Guns is one of my 'guilty pleasure' films. I don't know whether it's because I saw it as a young boy in the eighties and still have some nostalgia for it, or whether it's genuinely a good film. Either way... I love it.It tells the (loose!) story of Billy the Kid, Doc Hollywood and co as they evade both the good guys and the bad guys as they go on their rampage of revenge when a corrupt land baron kills their mentor. Is it factually accurate? Who cares! It's just such good fun! Maybe it's the loud, overblown rock music (which is probably a little out of place when dealing with a 'wild west' film) that makes everything so cool, or perhaps it's the overused slow motion technique whenever an important gun fight takes place. Then of course you have Emilio Estevez at the height of his eighties fame, playing a completely manic (yet strangely endearing) anti-hero who shoots first and bares his bottom later.I'm guessing that this is a guy's film; it has action, chases, rock music and slow motion. What more could a guy what when he has a beer in one hand and a sofa to sit it? Possibly a horse and a six-shooter, but the TV's remote control will have to suffice.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/
AaronCapenBanner Christopher Cain directed this surprisingly good western starring Emilio Estevez as Billy The Kid(William Bonney) who, along with other "young guns"(played by Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Philips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, and Casey Siemaszko) are taken under the wing of British rancher John Tunstall, who educates and helps them, but is brutally gunned down by a rival rancher(played by Jack Palance) forcing Billy and his new gang to avenge his death by killing the men responsible, thus becoming wanted outlaws themselves, and passing into legend... Well acted and entertaining western keeps viewers' attention throughout, and is quite exciting as a result.
Maniac-9 Really good story on the rise of Billy the Kid and his fellow cohorts. The historical accuracy of the movie probably isn't perfect but if you're not looking for a history channel version of his story then the story is perfectly fine and still hits on a lot of the major points in Billy the Kid and his problems with the Murphy gang.The cast consists of a who's who of young actors in the late '80s with Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips.If you're looking for a fun western then this is a movie for you. Good shootout scenes and Estevez plays the role of his career as Billy. Much better done then any other movie about Billy's life.