Young Guns

MPAA Rating

R

Theatrical Release Date

Aug 11, 1988

Genre(s)

• Outlaws
• 4-for-3 All DVDs
• Westerns

Rating (Stars)

Description

Part of what was touted as a late-1980s revival of Westerns (and you can see how long that lasted), this good-looking, empty-brained film was like a spurs-and-chaps version of a Joel Schumacher movie, filled with pretty faces, prettier imagery, and absolutely no new ideas. The idiotically grinning Emilio Estevez is cast as Billy the Kid, who slowly accumulates a gang of Brat Pack buddies (Lou Diamond Phillips, Kiefer Sutherland, Dermot Mulroney) and fashions them into a group of male models with six-guns. The action is confused and the script is trite, though Terence Stamp is intriguing as the old reprobate who helps the gang get its act together. Followed by an even worse sequel. --Marshall Fine

Director

Christopher Cain

Stars

• Emilio Estevez
• Kiefer Sutherland
• Lou Diamond Phillips
• Charlie Sheen
• Dermot Mulroney

Running Time

102 minutes

Original Price

$9.98

Current Value

$1.97

DVD Features

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video
• Widescreen
• NTSC
• 1.33:1