One of the best westerns of the modern era.

Rating: 9/10 (18 September 2002)

This is the best Kurt Russell performance I've seen. And the story was so thoroughly buddy film that I think one of the best lines in buddy film if not western history was uttered in it. As Wyatt Earp (Russell) prepares to face certain death Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) moves to go with him. Texas Jack tries to stop Doc and and asks Doc why he would go to certain death with Wyatt. Doc says "Wyatt Earp is my friend". What follows is one of the greatest exchanges in cowboy history in my mind. I bought the whole shootin' match. I watch it a couple times a year. Good to horses, passionate with women, good drinkers and gamblers, no cussin' and truthful to their friends. Those Earp boys and the posse they traveled with in this film were Americana at its finest. You cannot go wrong with this one if you're looking for good 'ol cowboy fun.