Young Guns Ending Explained

Young Guns is a bombastic Western that has become a cult favorite, but given how eventful the movie is, not every detail of its bloody ending is clear. Based on real events of the Wild West, the 1988 movie follows Billy the Kid and his gang of Regulators, who fight the corrupt Lawrence Murphy in the Lincoln County War. Though Young Guns wasn’t critically acclaimed, it was a box office hit with a stacked cast, spawning a sequel and nearly leading to a third installment. These days, it’s even considered among the best Westerns of the 1980s.