apquarrell So the tale of Wyatt Earp gets a 21st century makeover. Perhaps best described as Wyatt Earp: The Early Years, this movie details an adventure in the life of the young (late 20-something) Wyatt, and is narrated by an older Wyatt (Val Kilmer - who did a fine job of playing Wyatt's sidekick Doc Holliday in Tombestone waaay back in 1993) Featuring a cast of young guns including Shawn Roberts as Wyatt and Matt Dallas as Bat Masterson the film is good clean fun set against the backdrop of the violent west. Playing out like a modern version of the B-western oaters that used to be a cinema staple, it'll be a hard hearted viewer indeed that can't find something positive to say about this flick. True, it looks low budget and appears to have come from a different era of comic books and B-movies, but that's part of the joy. Everyone involved seems to be having a blast from country star Trace Adkins to dastardly bad guy Daniel Booko as Adkins wayward son. Other noteworthy performances include David O'Donnell, Levi Fiehler and a brief but memorable performance from Brian Groh as Confederate Jones, which leaves you longing for the bit part character to get his own movie. While not in the same league as My Darling Clementine, Gunfight at the OK Coral or even 1990s efforts Tombestone and the Wyatt Earp, the yarn is sufficiently entertaining to make you glad they bothered to make it. One is just left longing for some appearances by old time western stars such as Harry Dean Stanton and LQ Jones in these modern day oaters.

brendancclarke There are so many goofs in this sad rubbish that I am quite at a loss to know where to begin. What about the opening scene when the young reporter (who turns out to be the kid who's father is boringly killed by the boring killer) starts talking to the old Kilmer Earp, who just stares off into space for two minutes like he has forgotten his stupid lines and then snaps out of it all of a sudden (with no explanation) and starts babbling. Little does the viewer know that the nasty, uncouth Earp is going to turn into a little mound of sugar at the end of this "movie". We are introduced to one of the (boring) characters with a (for no reason) slow motion fight scene, which, I might add is Apaullingly done. The fight is between one of the main characters and someone I call "Mr Shampoo" as for all the grease and grime that covers his body and clothes, he made sure to wash and condition his hair before filming so that his hair flows around in slow, dramatic... boring motion. I was expecting him to say "because Im worth it" but the idiot never said a word. I suspect this that particular useless actor was the brother of the director. If not I can't work out why he didn't end up on the cutting room floor. At least I had a laugh when after getting punched, he turns and leaps onto a pile of what look like pillows on the floor. I did laugh at that bit. What about the unrealistic gunfights with the guns that sound like wet squibs? What about the boring bad guy father of the evil dude with a funny name....? Er was it Mougli or Mimi or mumikins or something like that... Oh I don't know. But all the way through it they are building up to this bad dad type and then when you finally meet him, the scariest thing about him is his uncool beard! Sheesh! There's the brother of the bad guy who just gets shot every five minutes but never actually gets round to dying, the silly punch ups, and the irritating Mexican gentleman who only cackled instead of speaking. Does the word "racism" mean anything to anyone? And what a stylish ending... Wyatt Earp bashes the evil dudes head in with a rock? ohhhh Im impressed! And then the evil dude, boringly does not die... and then he does... also boringly. Oh and the music... Oh dear! There are some films in which the music stands out for its excellence: The godfather, the Good the bad and the ugly, Jaws, Cape Fear and Pulp fiction to name but a few. Generally speaking however, the music is an element that shouldn't be noticed in a movie. it should add to the dramatic build up of the scene. I'll tell you how the (boring) sound editors of this movie did it: They opened the sound editing software and went to the file called "western soundtracks" and they scrolled down to the subfile called "total cheese" and they double clicked. In that folder they found backing music with memorable titles such as "drunken maniac slapping a broken banjo with a fish" and "Off key western saloon piano played by total beginner at frenetic speed" and even "What it would sound like if a classically trained pianist were totally coked up and forced at gunpoint to play the piano, blindfolded and with his knees... sped up really fast" and other gems. The mad person in charge of the soundtrack thought all of this was the coolest and didn't hesitate to pop it all in at every part of the movie that the alcoholic director of this nonsense would let him. The result being a totally distracting and really bad soundtrack. Hmmm now have I left anything out? Well yes. Every single scene in this waste of time is like torture. i went to the toilet after watching this and realised that the act of going to the toilet was much more intellectually stimulating that this picture. I hope the losers that made this movie never work again. Look at the filmographies of the director and you see that he makes million of TV movies at the same time. He has no interest in quality and deserves to be unemployed. Did this movie make any money? I hope it made a terrible loss. If I can have any influence on the universe let it be this: Don't watch this movie! Don't waste your money on this total incompetence. Now just a little message for Val Kilmer: Mate! You are the best actor in this flick but the movie is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad. Most of us thought you would never get your credibility back after "The Saint" but we were actually starting to forgive and forget and then what did you do? Val... What were you thinking? This movie! Now I realise it just took you one afternoon and that the money probably wasn't bad for an afternoons work but come on. Nobody will take you seriously if you do garbage like this. Now a message for the director: You didn't have to bother with Val Kilmer. Just get any old nerd with no personality and pop a hat and five kilo moustache on him. Call him Val Killmar and no one will notice. You could have saved money there.You didn't take advantage of Val Kilmer at all. You could have used him but no... You took the cheaper option didn't you? Apart from that one more thing: You deserve unemployment. To the producers... well kinda the same. I hope you never work again. The actors: You guys are just starting out so I can forgive you. You guys were not too bad except the shampoo guy and the cackling Mexican who were terrible. I'm not sure I have made myself clear.

Love Skiing I've seen Westerns for many many years and this is by far the worst ever. Makes one wonder where the supposed 3M budget went because it certainly didn't go to the actors. Watching Val Kilmer struggle in this one, brought up how difficult it must be for actors that are past their prime and are willing to do grade F movies for a buck. The actors that they found to surround Kilmer must have been extras that they gave double scale pay to pretend they had talent. I kept watching trusting that at some point the movie would pick up and get better but as the minutes ticked by, I found myself getting more disappointed that I'd wasted more time on something that wasn't going anywhere fast. I've literally seen better movies done by high school and college students. Save your $$$ and pass this pathetic excuse of a movie by.

stevenhenry_69 I seldom write reviews...However...On this occasion I felt the "Western genre" fans needed a heads up on this title. Westerns are rare these days and having always liked the genre...I thought I'd give this a try...having my appetite whetted again with the likes of "Deadwood" or even 3:10 to Yuma. Oh my! What a total and utter disappointment. To use a British term... What a lot of utter tosh! I sat through it thinking "it''s got to get better or have some saving grace"....it didn't on either count... now all that valuable time I wasted when I could have been doing something useful like picking my feet is gone forever. This movie went straight to DVD...can see why...but don't know why they even bothered. It was made with the same panache and imagination as Bonanza in the 60's. The story was predictable in the extreme and the acting and dialogue was embarrassing to watch. The costumes were laughable as well as very clean and I was left feeling that the movie was either made as a prank or for a bet. I cannot believe somebody actually sank money into making it. I guess Val Kilmer was there to give it some credibility..........he didn't! I would rank this as about as bad as a western gets...in fact off the top of my head I cannot recall one that was worse than this offering This ranks high on my list of all time movie garbage. So please if you're thinking of actually paying money for this, do yourself a real big favour and ...DON'T! Do something useful with the cash instead like having a few beers or giving to the homeless...because if you do buy it....well you have been warned!