Highly Underrated

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 2014)

Val Kilmer's best performance of his career as Doc Holliday. Oscar worthy. Far superior to the plodding, lengthy Wyatt Earp, released too close to this one for whatever reason. #Hollywoodfail. It's in my Top 5 Westerns list. The performances, including cameos by some of the Western's greatest actors including Charlton Heston were all quintessential. Flawless costumes. Kurt Russell really understood the period and took us back to that time and place with some real craftsmanship. The attention to detail in the character relationships were what made this a particularly extraordinary Western. Gritty, realistic and stylish.