Good idea to cast the brat pack in a Western but this was badly realised and altogether a bit flat.
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02/04/08
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
Reviews for Young Guns
Top CriticLittle more than a flawed romp, but energetic and enjoyable, with sterling performances from Sutherland and Estevez.
06/24/06
Top CriticA cool Western for Gen X.
06/04/07
The film doesn’t go far in reviving the Western film genre.
08/27/04
Fails to either humanize Billy the Kid or justify his lore.
04/16/03
They behave as if our adoration were their birthright.
01/01/00
This is a very brown movie: leather, planks of wood, dirt, dust, horses, and the tenor of the performances.
08/21/01
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
Young Guns is best watched in the playful, none-too-serious spirit in which it was made.
05/20/03
Top CriticChristopher 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
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
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04/07/06
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03/26/09
Top CriticOK rehash of Old West villains, this time teaming them up in their early days.
02/21/08
Stupid but star-studded western
02/13/03
Far better western than the brat pack deserved
03/24/05
No review available.
06/27/03
No review available.
08/22/03
No review available.
09/02/03
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