A True Western

Rating: 9/10 (11 February 2004)

Unlike many of today's westerns, Tombstone reaches back for that something extra to turn out a western in a way that would make Howard Hawks stand up and cheer. The Good Guys are rough and the Bad Guys are rougher! Powers Boothe IS Curly Bill Brocious! Russell's slap down of B.J. Thornton and Michaels Biehn's showdown with Kilmer is worth the Rent/Buy of the movie alone. Russell, Elliott & Paxton turn in great performances as the Earp Brothers. As in true western genre, its great to have movie icons make appearances - Charlton Heston, Harry Carey Jr & Robert Mitchum (narrator).