Young Guns II

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Young Guns II

PG-13

1990

1h 43m

Western

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En route to Mexico from the United States, Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez) and his associates are pursued by federal agents hell-bent on bringing them to justice. But when Billy, Doc (Kiefer Sutherland) and Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips) prove too difficult to track down, the frustrated authorities enlist an old friend of theirs, reformed outlaw Pat Garrett (William Petersen), to take down the elusive gunslinger. But Billy has a head start, and his crew of outlaws is growing by the minute.

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Michael Wilmington

Los Angeles Times

Nov 2, 2021

Full of sound, gunfire, fury and scorchingly beautiful landscapes, Young Guns 2 generates more sheer visual excitement than any Western since Peckinpah and Leone were in their last '70s prime.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Sep 7, 2011

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As the movie goes on, a couple of the Regulators are gunned down, and all it really stirred in me was a wish that they not be reunited in that big valley in the sky for Young Guns III.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

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.

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Douglas Davidson

Elements of Madness

Dec 5, 2023

The cast is strong, delivering performances that always feel honest and in the moment, thereby making the violence that they must enact and endure all the more tense for us, as well as them.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Nov 30, 2022

The film is not really bad, but it is not very good either. [Full review in Spanish]

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Helen Knode

L.A. Weekly

Nov 2, 2021

Young Guns II is a bad movie, too, but bad in an uninteresting way.

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Martin L

@RT81539438 May 30, 2026

Greatest cowboy movie! A blaze of glory!

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Damon G

@Dmoney420 Feb 22, 2026

Super good 10 out of 10 action

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Blu B

@RT43513976 Jan 22, 2026

It's weighed down by the fact it has two things it's trying to be. A sequel to Young Guns I and a retelling of the key events of Billy the Kid. Almost to the point where it's a quasi remake of Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid it feels like at points. And unfortunately it doesn't do either quite as well as it needs to but comes close at times. The acting isn't bad here. About on par with the first one. But it feels like almost no character depth is explored here outside of maybe Billy who kind of feels like he gets an arc. The others all feel like they are jsut here out of obligation and it never really knows what to do with these returning characters. Even new ones like Slater and Pat Garrett feel like afterthoughts. It's mostly Billy just being young, wild, and a young and dumb idiot at times. Cinematography and soundtrack is good though. It's got the same production values as the first but not as slick but still looks good.

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown Jan 21, 2026

Running on plot fumes, Young Guns 2 brings Billy the Kid and Doc's story to a close as one of their own turns on them.

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Jason H

@RT50328122 Sep 28, 2025

Better than the original in every possible way. The performances are universally excellent. Great score by Alan Silvestri, too.

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Gareth v

@geewah Aug 11, 2025

A predictable and clichéd Western sequel that offers enough for die-hard fans but little new for general audiences.

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Geoff Murphy

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Emilio Estevez

William H. "Billy the Kid" Bonney

Kiefer Sutherland

Josiah Gordon "Doc" Scurlock

Lou Diamond Phillips

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Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh

William Petersen

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Synopsis

En route to Mexico from the United States, Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez) and his associates are pursued by federal agents hell-bent on bringing them to justice. But when Billy, Doc (Kiefer Sutherland) and Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips) prove too difficult to track down, the frustrated authorities enlist an old friend of theirs, reformed outlaw Pat Garrett (William Petersen), to take down the elusive gunslinger. But Billy has a head start, and his crew of outlaws is growing by the minute.

Director: Geoff Murphy
Producer: Paul Schiff, Irby Smith
Screenwriter: John Fusco
Production Co: Morgan Creek Productions
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 1, 1990, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.4M
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Surround

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