
Billy "The Kid" and his gang are wanted by the law, and when "Doc" Scurlock and Chavez are captured, Billy has to save them. They escape and set south for Mexico. "Let's hire a thief to catch one", John S. Chisum said, so he paid Pat Garrett, one of Billy's former partners, $1000 for the killing of William H. Bonney aka Billy "The Kid".... (Full plot summary below)
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Billy "The Kid" and his gang are wanted by the law, and when "Doc" Scurlock and Chavez are captured, Billy has to save them. They escape and set south for Mexico. "Let's hire a thief to catch one", John S. Chisum said, so he paid Pat Garrett, one of Billy's former partners, $1000 for the killing of William H. Bonney aka Billy "The Kid".
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| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfMurphy directs cleanly, arranging the shoot-outs and Billy's personal declarations of doubt with a solid rhythm, making the film feel urged instead of assigned. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinYoung Guns II concentrates principally on the drawing power of the post-adolescent heartthrobs in its cast. This approach has its appeal in limited doses, but it makes for a western that's smaller than life. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesLlyod SachsYOUNG 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. Still, it proved to be popular enough to lead to a television spinoff and a sequel in 1990. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonYoung Guns II generates more sheer visual excitement than any Western since Peckinpah and Leone were in their last '70s prime. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottAn affectionate and entertaining tribute to the Western - but, Estevez aside, Young Guns II doesn't exactly add much to the old genre. |
| Video-Reviewmaster.comSteve CrumExpected western sequel w/young Hollywood cast. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrBesides featuring some of the same actors in the same roles, what this six-gun sequel has in common with Young Guns is that it is wholly unmemorable. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe screenplay feels unfinished, the direction is ambling, but the performances are interesting. |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrA far more stylistically assured film than its fey predecessor, though it still carries almost no conviction. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWhenever a few of the Young Guns get together and have to behave like soulful cowboys, the movie stops dead in its tracks. The trouble with so many of today’s young actors is that there’s no deep-seated yearning or fury in their performances. They just seem like well-adjusted California kids putting on a show for a few hours. |