Wyatt Earp ad his brothers were all formally gunslingers who have chosen to do better for themselves through other means and thus moving to a town in Arizona seemed perfect until a group of outlaw threaten their peace in the new area.
A tough-talking but soft-hearted tale that is entertaining in a sprawling, old-fashioned manner.
Groucho Reviews
May 17, 2010
Sports pretty much everything one would want in a Western, and though it's not always eminently artful, it is rarely anything less than entertaining. [Blu-ray]
It's difficult to assign responsibility for the most serious of this film's shortcomings, but one thing is clear: somewhere along the way, the creative process misfired.
Highly stylized fashion-wise but awkwardly unfocused in its plotlines, it aims for the western iconography of Sam Peckinpah and Sergio Leone but never gets past its own directorial hurdles.
Too many characters and not enough time in which to deal with them, and action that seems so rushed to get to the end that important scenes are left out.
A lot of care and attention were obviously devoted to selecting locations, designing sets, and grooming handlebar mustaches. Much less attention went to making one believe that any of the events took place circa 1879.
