Young Guns

Lots of gunfights. Most don't show blood or gore, but there are a few close shots of shooting point blank. One shows lots of spatter, and blood spatter stays on a character's face for an extended time afterward. A few scenes show someone being shot through multiple times and falling, usually with little blood or gore, but one in slow motion shows some blood spray. Some bullet wounds and bleeding from cuts are shown. A few fist fights with punching, a slap in the face, horses fall in gunfights. A gunshot wound through the head is shown with some blood dripping. One character throws knives and pulls one from someone's back and wipes the blade on the victim's clothing. He also stabs someone in the throat. A past massacre is described.

Some sexual innuendo bantering with a prostitute with exaggerated cleavage showing. A prostitute's bare breast is visible. Male nudity from behind shows only bare buttocks. Male buttocks visible when thorns are being pulled from them. A man urinates in the background; the urine stream is clearly shown but no sensitive parts are visible. A man mentions "pulling our tallywhackers."

"Son of a bitch," "pendejo" (Spanish roughly equal to "a--hole"), "s--t" and variations, "ass" and variations, "bulls--t," "Jesus Christ" and variations as an exclamation, "hell," and "peckerhead." One character frequently uses racial slurs against another.

Main and background characters frequently drink from bottles, jugs, and shot glasses. Several scenes take place in saloons. The gang takes peyote as part of a vision quest, and an extensive scene shows their reactions with distorted speech, erratic behavior, vacant stares, paranoia, and vomiting. Main characters occasionally smoke cigarillos and cigars, villains and background characters do so more often. Two gang members chew tobacco, spit frequently, and one stuffs his mouth too full in one scene.

Parents need to know that Young Guns is a Western with a lot of gun violence, mostly without blood and gore, but a few scenes do show blood spatter and dripping from injuries. It tells a part of Billy the Kid's life with many events that really happened. The gang of outlaws are charismatic and likeable, and so taking the law into your own hands, seeking vengeance, and even cold-blooded murder are sometimes glorified. Strong language is frequent: "son of a bitch," "s--t" and variations, and "ass" and variations most often. One character frequently uses racial slurs against another. No strong or well-developed female characters. Lots of drinking, mostly whisky, and an extended scene shows the gang taking peyote and "tripping." Two of the gang chew tobacco and spit frequently, other main characters smoke occasionally, and villains and background characters smoke frequently. Male buttocks are shown from behind, and a woman's bare breast is briefly shown once.

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