Young Guns II (1990)

Director:

Geoff Murphy

Writers (WGA):

John Fusco (characters)
John Fusco (written by)

Release Date:

1 August 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Western

Tagline:

Yoo-Hoo, I'll make ya famous!

Plot:

Billy "The Kid" and his gang is wanted by the law, and when "Doc" Scurlock and Chavez are captured, Billy has to save them...

Plot Keywords:

Captive | Brat Pack | Premarital Sex | Loss Of Friend | Native American

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Emilio Estevez	...	William H. 'Billy the Kid' Bonney
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Josiah Gordon 'Doc' Scurlock
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	'Jose' Chavez y Chavez
Christian Slater	...	Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh
William Petersen	...	Patrick Floyd 'Pat' Garrett
Alan Ruck	...	Hendry William French
R.D. Call	...	D.A. Rynerson
James Coburn	...	John Simpson Chisum
Balthazar Getty	...	Tom O'Folliard
Jack Kehoe	...	Ashmun Upson
Robert Knepper	...	Deputy Carlyle
Tom Kurlander	...	J.W. Bell
Viggo Mortensen	...	John W. Poe
Leon Rippy	...	Bob Ollinger
Tracey Walter	...	Beever Smith

Also Known As:

Hell Bent for Leather (USA) (working title)
Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory (UK)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Belgium:16 (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Bisbee, Arizona, USA

Company:

Morgan Creek Productions

Trivia:

Cameo: [Jon Bon Jovi]scruffy man who gets shot in the chest and blown backwards after Doc and Chavez get out of the pit jail.

Goofs:

Continuity: Bill's horse's breast collar when the gang is running away from Garrett.

Quotes:

[Chavez made his horse charge down a hill by yelling "Assay!"]
Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh: How the hell'd you get him to do that, huh? And what's that mean anyway, assay, assay?
Jose Chavez Y Chavez: It's an ancient Navajo word. It means "stop."

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Strongbad_email.exe (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Miracle

A sequel worth seeing

No matter what people say, I think this sequel is very well written and scored. It may not be the best movie ever created, but some of the events that occurred in the sequel are fact based. i.e. the Bob Ollinger shotgun incident, Billy actually busted out the window and yelled a "Hello Bob!" before he emptied both barrels into Ollinger's head and chest.

There are the Hollywood add-in's as in most movie production, but i thought it was worthy of praise. There will be people who say that sequels shouldn't be made, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I believe that as long as the sequel provides ample entertainment and you don't have 50 sequels on the same subject that sequels are fine.

NOTE: For the last commenter, they didn't "kill" Billy in the first Young Guns, they stated that he was caught in the Old Fort Sumter by Sheriff Pat Garrett and killed, but we never actually see him die and according to the sequel and different accounts of what occurred over 100 years ago, we may never know exactly who is buried in William Bonney's grave except for the individual that is entombed there.