If you liked Silverado-an homage to the old B's with a bit of an edge, this movie is for you. If you are a woman over 45 and want a little romance in your life, this movie is for you. If you think it is a hoot to see some truly great entertainers tying one on in a great old western, this movie is truly for you. (And if you see this review and have also seen the movie...please let me know when Lash LaRue appeared 'cause somewhere I must have gone to replenish the popcorn and missed him-darn it!) What was a hoot was seeing Kris Kristofferson not a day over 50 when this was shot playing Johnny Ringo which, if they were worried about playing it close to the '36 version-would have picked someone two and a half decades younger..., romancing Elizabeth Ashley, not a day over 46, playing a girl of 30. The minute this pairing occurred you knew they weren't trying in the least to cater to the original; they were out to have a lot of fun! And it was. Tony Franciosa was wonderfully hypocritically nasty as the banker; Waylon Jennings was super as the Gambler, Hatfield; and for all the world no one would recognize the gorgeous John Schneider, a Hazzard Duke, as the stage driver Buck without a program.
John Carter Cash, son of June and Johnny even seemed real and both mom and dad were equally convincing. But the tour de force went to Willie Nelson playing Doc Holliday (yet another hint that they weren't trying for the original version). He was so good and believable as the hero of Tombstone...yet every so often had a deer-in-the-headlights look about him...especially when he finds out he is to be an obstetrician! All in all, for sheer entertainment and a lot of fun-especially if you are an aficionado of old westerns-this was a FUN movie!
John Carter Cash, son of June and Johnny even seemed real and both mom and dad were equally convincing. But the tour de force went to Willie Nelson playing Doc Holliday (yet another hint that they weren't trying for the original version). He was so good and believable as the hero of Tombstone...yet every so often had a deer-in-the-headlights look about him...especially when he finds out he is to be an obstetrician! All in all, for sheer entertainment and a lot of fun-especially if you are an aficionado of old westerns-this was a FUN movie!