Kilmers movie, but Delaney almost kills it

Rating: 9/10 (24 January 2005)

I am addicted to this flick. First let me say that Kurt Russell belongs the underrated actors club. Never seen him give a bad performance, bad movies but he was always good. That being said this is definitely Val Kilmers movie. His Doc Holliday is the Doc Holliday I always envisioned. Frail, red around the noise and mouth always coughing and a cold blooded killer. Powers Booth was also good as Curly Joe. A raging maniac. Stephen Lang playing the role he does so well, a weasel. The only complaint I have about the movie is a big complaint and her name is Dana Delaney. Every scene she is in the movie comes to a screeching halt. There is something about Dana Delaney that is so goofy I can't look at her with a straight face. A miscast if there ever was one. I could not see what the attraction was in the movie. In real life she was a Jewish New Yorker who left home at a early age. She seemed to be a very interesting person. Wyatt was even buried next to her in a Jewish cemetery in San Fransisco. Dana Delaney made the character one dimensional that the only person who would be interested in her would be someone looking for some nookie. Other then her almost killing the movie there are no complaints from me. Val Kilmer should of got a Oscar for his performance. Tombstone is a good old type western with a lot of action. Take a look and try to overlook Dana Delaney's Josephine.