The best version of this legend

Rating: Null/10 (3 October 2011)

Superb. There is no better movie version of the OK Corral shoot out than this. It is so exciting - with perfect pacing and a stellar cast. It has an action adventure pace and leaves out some historical facts about the Earps and character interactions etc but it doesn't matter you can't put everything in a movie. When you compare this to the old B&W version with Burt Lancaster it is just such an improvement. The actors are perfectly cast. Kurt is excellent as Wyatt. Val Kilmer has one of his best roles as Doc and the others are great too like Joanna Pacula. Thomas Haden Church is terrific. Michael Biehn is a good bad guy Johnny Ringo. The Kevin Costner movie about Wyatt Earp may have more details about Earp's life but was a bit of a drag overall. Even watchers who aren't generally fans of Westerns will like this one. I'm generally not a cowboy movie spaghetti western fan and don't like the trend of the recent "ugly" and realistic Westerns but this isn't just a simple Western - it's historically based and the story isn't contrived since it's based on a true story. This is a must watch.