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Rating: Null/10 (20 October 2003)

George P. Cosmatos' film `Tombstone' is a true work of art for a western. The movie is filmed in the sophisticated town of Tombstone. Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell), a retired `peace officer' from Kansas, moved to Tombstone in search of making money and starting out as a new man. He is joined there by his two brothers, Virgil and Morgan and Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer). While Wyatt and his brothers are enjoying making money and playing pool together an infamous gang called the Cowboys are causing violence in the so called `sophisticated town' of Tombstone. During the movie the audience is given clues that will soon lead to the rebirth of the `Peacemaker.'
The Earp brothers were offered by the town mayor to become the marshals of Tombstone after the town marshal was shot by a Cowboy. After Wyatt finds out that his brothers accepted the offer, he becomes enraged. However, he sticks up for his brothers and becomes sworn in as a deputy marshal of Tombstone. After many quarrels with the Cowboys, Virgil was severely wounded and Morgan was killed. The furious Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and three ex-Cowboys go on a killing spree of every man that bears the red sash of a Cowboy. This shows the audience why the noted U.S. marshal Wyatt Earp got his nickname the `Peacemaker.' In this movie, Kurt Russell had an awesome performance as a gallant lawmaker of the Wild West. George P. Cosmatos deserves the '2 thumbs up' for this film. This movie keeps the audience wondering who will run the `sophisticated' town of Tombstone, the Cowboys or the `Peacemaker.' This is a must see movie for all fans of western movies.