The script is cleverly written and there are scenes which will make you cry, make you laugh, make you shiver with excitement, and make you hate certain characters. These superbly written scenes are delivered by a perfect cast, with exceptional acting from Emilio Estevez and Lou Diamond Phillips in particular. The film focuses on the Lincoln County War, paying particular attention to the part played by the Regulators in this war. The Regulators and the few people on their side are shown in a positive light, and other parties involved are shown in a negative light. I believe this film is an accurate representation of the war and of those involved. I strongly recommend this outstanding film to everyone, whatever your interests, this film is a must see. If you have already seen this film but have not yet seen it's equally brilliant follow up 'Young Guns II' then you really should do, the sequel does this film justice.

Brilliant western, great characters, and loads of great quotes. One of the last great westerns.
Brilliant acting and a really strong cast, Jack Bauer with long hair!!
This film is full o emotion, great lines, action and some dam good gun slinging!!

6 reason why the west was wild

this is one of my favourite films of all time which gives it great credit!
Emilio plays the role of Billy The Kid very well in my opinion and
even if it may not be historically correct this makes the film more enjoyable with a great cast and storyline.
you either like it or you don't but overall it is a modern western film which you can watch time and time again and still enjoy the comedy side of it and the gunfights.
"I could've killed you, Dick. I could've killed you, but I don't want to kill you. I want to eat."

Young Guns was one of those films labelled as "A Western for the MTV generation," whatever that means.

Although this film is based on the life of legendary outlaw Billy the Kid it is in no way an accurate historical representation of his life and makes no attempt to suggest it.

What it does is takes a group of young (at the time) Hollywood actors labelled as the Brat Pack, who were in their acting prime and give them a chance to live up to their name in a tale of vengeance and corruption loosely based around the Lincoln County War.

Star of the show for me has to be Emilio Estevev, cast in his finest role as Billy the Kid. Estevez seems to possess the boyish cheek and arrogance that you can imagine the real Billy would have possessed.

The film is littered with action, gunfights and wise cracks and finishes off with an "against impossible odds," gunfight that will keep viewers entertained all the way through.

A good fun Western for those who just want to be entertained.