Lionsgate brings the long-lasting fashionable Western Younger Weapons starring Emilio Estevez to 4K Extremely HD and Blu-ray on December fifth, 2023!
Holy Moses! Has it actually been 35 years since Younger Weapons rode with weapons ablazing into theaters? You higher consider it, pardner, and Lionsgate plan to have a good time the event with a timed Thirty fifth-anniversary launch of the fashionable Western on a SteelBook in Nationwide 4K Extremely HD (+ Blu-ray + Digital), plus a Finest Purchase unique launch on December fifth. That is the primary time the movie will probably be out there in 4K with a brand-new switch that includes Dolby Imaginative and prescient HDR. A brand new Dolby Atmos audio combine and the unique 2.0 stereo theatrical combine will probably be included. That is additionally the primary time the movie will probably be on digital and Blu-ray.
Right here’s the official synopsis for Youg Weapons through Lionsgate:
The yr is 1878, Lincoln County. John Tunstall, a British ranch proprietor, hires six rebellious boys as “regulators” to guard his ranch in opposition to the ruthless Santa Fe Ring. When Tunstall is killed in an ambush, the Regulators, led by the wild-tempered Invoice the Child (Emilio Estevez), declare warfare on the Ring. As their vendetta turns right into a bloody rampage, they’re branded outlaws, turning into the objects of the most important manhunt in Western historical past.
Offered as a retelling of the adventures of Billy the Child through the Lincoln Couty Conflict, Younger Weapons encompasses a murderers’ row of expertise, together with Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko, Terence Stamp, Jack Palance, and Terry O’Quinn.
Whereas Younger Weapons acquired combined critiques from audiences, many consider the movie as a cult traditional amongst Westerns and definitely one in all Esteves’ most iconic roles exterior The Breakfast Membership, The Mighty Geese, Most Overdrive, and the Nationwide Lampoon comedy Loaded Weapon 1. A sequel, Younger Weapons II, was launched in 1990, with Fusco returning as the author and Geoff Murphy (Dante’s Peak, Below Siege 2: Darkish Territory) within the director’s chair. The sequel provides Christian Slater, William Petersen, Alan Ruck, James Coburn, and Balthazar Getty to the solid. Set in 1881, a cattle baron named John Chisum pays a bounty to Patrick Floyd Garrett to kill Esteves’ Billy the Child.
Whereas Younger Weapons doesn’t rank amongst movies like Excessive Midday, A Fistful of {Dollars}, True Grit, The Wild Bunch, As soon as Upon a Time within the West, Unforgiven, and The Searchers as one of many best motion pictures of the style, Cain’s movie continues to be beloved by followers, with double options taking place at theaters throughout the USA extra usually than you’d assume.
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