1993 · western · drama · action
Tombstone (1993)
Directed by George P. Cosmatos2h 10m1993
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.
Our read: Tombstone (1993) (1993) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded western · drama · action entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured western / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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