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5.2/10 • 90

1989-06-021h 46m

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This time, they've brought their guns to the city.

While investigating police corruption in his department, undercover cop Buster McHenry is forced to participate in a heist, leading to innocent casualties and the theft of an ancient Lakota tribal spear. After McHenry ends up severely wounded, he is taken in by Native American Hank Storm, who is out to recover the spear and avenge the death of a loved one in the heist.

Directors
Jack Sholder
Writters
David Rich
Editors
David Rich, Caroline Biggerstaff

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Kiefer Sutherland

    Kiefer Sutherland

    Buster McHenry

  2. Lou Diamond Phillips

    Lou Diamond Phillips

    Hank Storm

  3. Jami Gertz

    Jami Gertz

    Barbara

  4. Robert Knepper

    Robert Knepper

    Marino

  5. Bill Smitrovich

    Bill Smitrovich

    Finch

  6. Peter MacNeill

    Peter MacNeill

    Denny Ransom

  7. Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman

    Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman

    Red Crow

  8. Joseph Griffin

    Joseph Griffin

    Matt

  9. John Di Benedetto

    John Di Benedetto

    Corso

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John Chard

Sep 26, 2014

6.5/10

They trusted no one. Until they had to trust each other. It suffers from the pitfalls of many other 1980s action films, such as plot holes, silly twists and predictability of formula, but there is a very good action film here that's more than a time waster for the so inclined. Young Guns (1988) stars Sutherland and Phillips (by now firm real life friends) team up again, this time in Phioladelphia with Sutherland as a maverick copper working undercover and Phillips as a Lakota Indian. The two of them are thrown together by fate when a case Sutherland is working on goes bad and Phillips' brother is killed and a sacred Lakota lance is stolen in the process. They are complete polar opposites as characters and struggle to get on with each other to achieve their respective goals. We know they will find a happy ground and kick ass, and with the actors chemistry well founded, it works real well as a buddy buddy action piece. Director Jack Sholder (The Hidden) has a good knack for action construction, be it shoot-outs or punch-ups, but the highlight here is a blunderbuss extended car chase through the city that wouldn't be out of place in a far bigger budgeted blockbuster. However, with the more character based sections of film the director is not so adept, struggling to get much out of Robert Knepper's villain and letting Jami Gertz wander in and out as a love interest type without any real rhyme or reason. But if frantic action is what you like, you get it here by the bucket load, just enjoy that ride and forget any hope of depth elsewhere. 6.5/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$16,000,000.00
Revenue
$9,015,164.00
Keywords
undercover cop