Young Guns
June 9th 2008 06:57
While many tried to flog Young Guns off as an 'MTV Western' it was actually hailed by experts and historians as the most accurate in terms of events and the character of Billy as was portrayed by Emilio Estevez.
Young Guns and its worthy, if not superior, sequel Young Guns II gave a little more than the average western.
This wasn't just about action and gun fights. This had characters you could relate to and emotions you could cling on to.
An outstanding cast accompanied Emilio. His own brother Charlie Sheen was on board as his bitter leader, as well as young Kiefer Sutherland hot off the heels of his success in Lost Boys. Lou Diamond Phillips was huge after La Bamba, and they even dragged in Jack Palance as the bad guy.
Some thought this was a lame turn, but I personally thought it was a great twist on the story, and helped keep things fresh from the first film.
We see less action and story in the sequel, but a far more developed character in Billy, who has matured, but is making less sense and starting to slip in his judgments.
His relationship with the newly added Pat Garret, brilliantly played by William Peterson (Mr CSI) deepened the movie even more and the addition of the cocky and brash Christian Slater livened things up.
The score to both movies is also outstanding, particularly the second, and of course Jon Bon Jovi got in his famous hit Blaze of Glory.
Theres about a million quotable lines in there as well.
Great movies, 2 of my favorites.
"...and the third one says 'Well, I shall finish the game - I shall finish the game.' "
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). I say classic very loosely 
