DVD 103 mins IMDB 5.8

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#132

Western, Action

Emilio Estevez	William H. Bonney
Kiefer Sutherland	Josiah Gordon Scurlock
Lou Diamond Phillips	Jose Chavez Y. Chavez
Christian Slater	Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh
William L. Petersen	Pat Garrett
Alan Ruck	Hendry William French
R.D. Call	D.A. Rynerson
James Coburn	John Chisum
Balthazar Getty	Tom O'Folliard
Jack Kehoe	Ashmun Upson
William Petersen	Patrick Floyd 'Pat' Garrett

Director	Geoff Murphy
Producer	Paul Schiff; Irby Smith; Gary Barber; John Fusco
Writer	John Fusco

This time around, the Brat Packers (Emilio Estevez, Christian Slater, Lou Diamond Phillips, Kiefer Sutherland) are on the run from the law and making a break for the border. Sutherland is yanked from his school-teaching job back East and extradited for trial, until he's liberated by the other members of the gang. There's a memorable scrap between Phillips and Slater, and a couple of pretty decent firefights, but all in all this is rather forgettable fare. It taps into the futility and camaraderie of classics like The Wild Bunch and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but Sam Peckinpah or George Roy Hill it ain't. Jon Bon Jovi adds to the Rock-Stars-in-the-Old-West feel of this one, rife as it is with non-period dialogue and long, blowy hair. Still, fans of the original movie may find plenty to like in this sequel, even if it comes across as being a bit tired and turgid (notice there never was a Young Guns III). --Jerry Renshaw