I like this film

Rating: 8/10 (30 October 2000)

I like it, but more than it actually deserves. The acting by the entire cast is very good. Kurt Russell plays Wyatt very well. Dana Delaney is stunningly beautiful and Val Kilmer's performance as the seriously ill Doc Holliday is brilliant. But the best performance is by Michael Biehn as Johnny Ringo. He was convincing and made me undeerstand that Johnny Ringo was totally evil. The character of Curly Bill Brocious was poorly written in that he chuckled too much to be taken seriously. I believe the film begins to go downhill a bit at the end. The part where US Marshall Earp, Doc and his Deputies finally mop up the Cowboys is just a little too neat, too choreographed. There was a bit too much showmanship there. The final cleanup of the cowboys was actually a difficult, bloody process. The cowboys didn't give up since they knew they'd be hanged if they did. Consequently, most of them had to be hunted down individually. So for that lapse in the ending, I dropped it to a 7. The rest of the film is absolutely excellent, however!