Young Guns (Blu-ray Disc, 2007)

This is an excellent movie! It is compelling. It is a great story about 6 outcast boys who live with a rancher who is trying to teach them how to be good citizens and good people. It all turns upside down when their mentor is killed by corrupt law men and ranchers. The 6 young men set out to make things right.

This movie is star studded and filled with excellent acting. The plot is tight. There are no dull moments. Every moment of the script adds to the great character development.

1878 in New Mexico: John Tunstall picks up young gun men from the road to have them work on his ranch, but also to teach them reading and to civilize them. However he's a thorn in the side of the rich rancher Murphy, as he's a competitor in selling cattle. One day he's shot by Murphy's men. Judge Wilson can't do anything, since Sheriff Brady is one of Murphy's men. But attorney Alex persuades him to constitute Tunstall's young friends to Deputies and give them warrants of arrest for the murderers. Instead of arresting them, William Bonney just shoots them down. Soon the 5 guys become famous and William gets the name "Billie the Kid" - but they're also chased by dozens of Murphy's men and the army. The people however honor him as fighter for justice.

YOUNG GUNS revels in the state-of-the-art special effects and frantic violence characteristic to most of director Paul Verhoeven's American productions. Though based on a story by the creator of Blade Runner, author Philip K. Dick, Total Recall is more of an action movie than a philosophical rumination on identity. Still, the film gets a lot of mileage out of the questionable notion that "you are what you remember." The screenplay was finally credited to seven screenwriters; it had bounced around Hollywood for a number of years with different directors and stars before it reached Verhoeven. The director's brand of high-octane, cartoonish violence is a good fit with the material, though his style may have been better suited to 1988's more satiric Robocop. The movie received a special achievement Academy Award for its impressive effects.

I love the movie, don't get me wrong but the quality of the video is garbage. This is supposed to be a blu ray for god sakes. The video at times appears grainy and the black levels are often muddy. I would be ashamed of myself to sell this labeled as a blu ray.