Sunday, August 1, 2010

Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone

Val Kilmer's performance as Doc Holliday is inspiring enough to forever link him to the 19th century outlaw and peace officer. He provided a good combination of the tragic and comic nature of alcoholism.

In the movie, thugs have taken control of a small Western town bringing raucous anarchy wherever they spread. The gunmen referred to themselves as cowboys and could be identified by their red sashes.  The two leaders of the cowboy outfit are treacherous personifications of evil.




Wyatt Earp settles in Tombstone to make money as a casino operator, attempting to forget his troubled past by earning a fortune.

The ending scene is a jarring curve ball to the movie that works on so many levels. The cannonball that sunk the boat. Spoiler warning.





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