Young Guns II
Directed by:
Geoff MurphyScreenplay:
John FuscoCinematography:
Dean SemlerComposer:
Alan SilvestriCast:
Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, William Petersen, James Coburn, R.D. Call, Balthazar Getty, Jack Kehoe (more)Plots(1)
Good weather for hanging. Billy the Kid's outlaw ingrates are penned like sows in a Lincoln County pit and the Kid is strapped in a nearby hotel. But the hangman will go home disappointed tonight. Billy cleverly breaks himself and his gang free. One of the West's greatest legends lives on to ride another day. Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips and Christian Slater saddle up for Young Guns II, featuring Jon Bon Jovi's 1990 Oscar - nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning Best Original Song 'Blaze of Glory'. By 1879, the Lincoln County Wars have ended but bad blood endures. Billy and his men look to Mexico for haven if they can elude Billy's one-time friend, pursuing sheriff Pat Garrett (William Petersen). (Final Cut Entertainment)
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Billy the Kid and his crew are back, and they're not going to shoot like they did in the first film. The main blame is the genderless and overly long screenplay, which contains only a few thrilling passages. Everything is thus kept afloat by good acting (especially the nice guy Kiefer Sutherland and the killer with the face of a child Emilio Estevez). Viggo Mortensen's bark is also worth mentioning. Otherwise, however, the Western action average – shootouts do not stick, and the black humor works only sporadically. Yet the story of a group of desperate men escaping the law can be watched without yawning. Out of love for the first Young Guns, I give it three sheriff's stars.
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