Young Guns II
Short description
Young Guns II continues the story of Billy the Kid and his companions after the Lincoln County War. Billy, Doc Scurlock, and Jose Chavez y Chavez are joined by Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh as they try to leave New Mexico for Mexico, with Sheriff Pat Garrett and his men pursuing them. A stand at a small settlement leaves the gang boxed in, and they must find a way past Garrett's posse before they can reach the border.
The film is a sequel to Young Guns and reunites three of its leads: Emilio Estevez as Billy, Kiefer Sutherland as Doc, and Lou Diamond Phillips as Chavez. Christian Slater plays Dave Rudabaugh, and William Petersen appears as Pat Garrett. Geoff Murphy directed, working from a screenplay by John Fusco; the film sits between The Quiet Earth and Freejack in Murphy's directing credits. It was produced by Morgan Creek and 20th Century Fox.
Released in August 1990, the film runs 104 minutes. Made for about 20 million dollars, it took in roughly twice that amount worldwide, a solid return for a western of its period. Audience ratings on IMDb, where it has around 42,000 votes, and on TMDB both stand at 6.5 out of 10, while critics' reviews average 4.8 out of 10 from 26 notices, so audiences have been notably warmer toward it than reviewers.
What's left behind the scenes
- During filming, when Emilio Estevez fired a rifle, the horse under Lou Diamond Phillips got scared, threw its rider, and bolted. The actor got away with a broken arm and leg.
- In reality, Gordon "Doc" Scurlock, played by Kiefer Sutherland in the film, did not die in the so-called Lincoln County War (January 1877 – July 20, 1878, a feud between the "Murphy and Dolan" company and English entrepreneur John Tunstall for economic influence in the state of New Mexico), but died of old age in 1929. For most of his life, he pretended to have nothing to do with the events described in the film.
- Emilio Estevez plays the role of Bill Roberts, an old man who claims to be "The Kid" Billy. The studio didn't believe the actor could play an old man, but Estevez hired a makeup artist and a coach. His transformation into an old man was so convincing that he got the role. Moreover, Estevez left the set in character and sat down to play dominoes with some old men, lying to them about his age.
- Specifically for the film, Jon Bon Jovi wrote the song "Blaze of Glory" and then recorded an entire album of the same name, which reached number three on the American charts. The song became number one on the "Billboard Hot 100" – a weekly chart of the 100 most popular songs in the US, according to Billboard magazine. Jon Bon Jovi even played a small role in the film as a long-haired prisoner who is shot in the chest during a scene rescuing from a lynch mob.
- The border between the state of New Mexico and Mexico is mountainous terrain with no rivers running through it. If the criminals had planned to escape to Mexico, there would have been no physical obstacles in their way.
- Billy refers to a prostitute nicknamed Mexican Blackbird. In reality, this is the name of a song from ZZ Top's 1975 album “Fandango!"
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