Synopsis
Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez), Jose Chavez y Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips), and Doc Scurlock (Kiefer Sutherland) — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being trailed by a group of government agents led by Pat Garrett.
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Cast
- Emilio EstevezWilliam H. 'Billy the Kid' Bonney
- Kiefer SutherlandJosiah Gordon 'Doc' Scurlock
- Lou Diamond PhillipsJose Chavez y Chavez
- Christian SlaterArkansas Dave Rudabaugh
- William PetersenPatrick Floyd 'Pat' Garrett
- Alan RuckHendry William French
- R. D. CallD.A. Rynerson
- Balthazar GettyTom O'Folliard
- Jack KehoeAshmun Upson
- Robert KnepperDeputy Carlyle
Recommendations
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Los Angeles Times
Young Guns II generates more sheer visual excitement than any Western since Peckinpah and Leone were in their last '70s prime. - 60
Empire
An affectionate and entertaining tribute to the Western - but, Estevez aside, Young Guns II doesn't exactly add much to the old genre. - 60
Variety
Although it's more ambitious than most sequels, Young Guns II exhausts its most inspired moment during the opening credits and fades into a copy of its 1988 predecessor - a slick, glossy MTV-style western. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
The screenplay feels unfinished, the direction is ambling, but the performances are interesting. - 50
The New York Times
Young 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. - 50
Chicago Tribune
A far more stylistically assured film than its fey predecessor, though it still carries almost no conviction. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
Whenever 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. - 50
Time Out
The plot is all pot-shots and posses, with a bit of Indian hocus-pocus thrown in for comic relief. In other words, more of the same.
