From Rambo to Tombstone - miracles can happen!

Rating: 8/10 (5 May 2004)

It really is hard to believe that George P. Cosmatos was responsible for Rambo III when you've seen Tombstone.
Tombstone is a film so evocative of the old West that it almost feels as though you're on a ride at Universal rather than watching a film.
The best time to watch this one is at dusk on a warm summers evening with a breeze blowing through the room, at one with the film that places you on that wooden deck outside the sheriffs office, as the sounds of the play at the towm hall near the blacksmiths drift through the air.
There is a brilliant recreation of the gunfight at the OK coral (apparently based on the testament of the real Wyatt Earp) and the chemistry present within the male lead roles oozes from the screen.
THere are moments of pure machismo, granted, but overall the film is one that the female audience can still enjoy, as this film does recognise that half of the west was one by women.
The scene in the saloon in which Kilmer and Biehn face off is legendary. A great, great Western in the tradition of Dances and Unforgiven.
7.5/10