Young Guns | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

The polite word for his kind of filmmaking is "classical.'' Another word is "trite."

It's a western that shows both box-office calculation and respect for American history.

There's some tough action sequences and a personable cast - including cameos from Tom Cruise and Brooke Shields - in a movie that (almost) kick-started a fading genre.

Yet the story is told with too much affection for gunplay and the only thought worth preserving is that these mythic figures of the Old West often were very young men. Big deal.

It's glossy, slick and stylish, but boasts very little in the way of substance or excitement.