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03/26/09
Young Guns (1988)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:10
Rotten:15
Average Rating:4.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: British ranchowner John Tunstall (Terence Stamp) hires six young men to help him tend and guard his ranch. In addition he also teaches them to read and to be civilized, but soon Tunstall is... [More]
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen
Director: Christopher Cain
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Reviews for Young Guns
Young Guns is simply not a very good movie--western or otherwise. Fusco's script provides little character development and muddies the narrative with some unlikely supporting characters.
02/04/08
Fails to either humanize Billy the Kid or justify his lore.
04/16/03
No review available.
08/22/03
No review available.
10/14/05
No review available.
06/27/05
The film doesn’t go far in reviving the Western film genre.
08/27/04
They behave as if our adoration were their birthright.
01/01/00
Top CriticGood idea to cast the brat pack in a Western but this was badly realised and altogether a bit flat.
02/04/08
There are side pleasures to be found in going back and reliving the bad parts of the ‘80s. A rental of Young Guns lets us know that at least we’re out of Reaganomics and the movies it spawned.
04/18/03
Christopher Cain directed this western from a script by John Fusco, and on the whole seems much more comfortable with the scroungy and scatological dialogue than he does with the action sequences.
02/04/08
Top CriticNo review available.
06/27/03
This is a very brown movie: leather, planks of wood, dirt, dust, horses, and the tenor of the performances.
08/21/01
No review available.
07/31/02
No review available.
09/02/03
No review available.
02/27/04
Little more than a flawed romp, but energetic and enjoyable, with sterling performances from Sutherland and Estevez.
06/24/06
Far better western than the brat pack deserved
03/24/05
No review available.
01/30/05
Latest News for Young Guns
November 10, 2006:
One-Armed Push-ups All Around in Honor of Jack Palance
Jack Palance, who made a career out of bullying good guys and portraying stern, craggy-faced menaces, died Friday. Surrounded by family at his California ranch, he passed away... More...
June 09, 2006:
Weinsteins Hire a "Samurai" Screenwriter
We've already learned that WeinsteinCo. has plans to produce a "Seven Samurai" remake, and now comes word that the brothers have hired a screenwriter for the gig --... More...
August 11, 2005:
Voight and Davidovich Sign on for Cain's "Dawn"
Jon Voight and Lolita Davidovich will star in Christopher Cain's "September Dawn," says The Hollywood Reporter. The independently produced western thriller begins... More...
August 03, 2005:
Fusco Hired to Adapt "Wolf Brother" Series for the Big Screen
Veteran screenwriter John Fusco has been hired by Fox 2000 to adapt Michelle Paver's "Wolf Brother" into screenplay form. Book One of Paver's "Chonicles of... More...
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