Doc Holliday

I ran across this randomly I'd never heard of it. I figured.... why not? It wasn't good. Historically inaccurate, slow, and pretty goofy. The acting was ok nothing to write home about. Seemed like a made for TV movie that wasn't made for a good network. Maybe a USA network Saturday morning kind of movie.

Why oh why do low budget director do this to themselves? I understand that sometimes a person doesn't have money and that doesn't stop them from wanting to make something to put their names on and that's fine. But why this? Why take already established characters that have been portrayed better in better movies and make something this bland with them? You've already doomed your film to failure unless you have one heck of a talent which writer and director Brett Bentman doesn't seem to have. Tombstone this is not. Derrick Redford is no Kurt Russell and Tom Zembrod as the leading man certainly can't live up to Val Kilmer. Again, better versions of these characters and stories already exist with better storytellers and actors and the low budget here doesn't help to elevate. The camera work is a little more advanced than you would expect from something with this budget but its probably the only positive aspect to be mentioned. Even if the creators had told an original story I doubt it would have been much given what this is, but at least we wouldn't have had anything else to compare it to. Skip this and watch Tombstone or any other movie featuring these characters instead.

Isn't it fun when you can choose one of your favorite characters from the ol' West, sit back, and enjoy it! Doc Holiday, wow! What a neat take on this real life character! Tom Zembrod did a great job at bringing the Doc to life! Sets were cool, writing was fun and full of twists and turns. Horses, Gunfire, Bad Guys, pretty Girls, you name it and they got it! Take a ride on the Wild Side, This Doc Holiday is original, based off the original historic character, that is fun to watch. Have seen a couple other films from this company and enjoyed them all. But this is one of my favorites. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

First, Zembrod's impersonation of Val Kilmer in Tombstone should have been left to Kilmer rather that Zembrod. Kilmer did a much better job. Next, "So Fun and Spot On" were I think, not part of the vernacular of the old west. Now, I believe, I counted 5 times when somebody was shot by a bullet from a gun that was facing up to the sky. Good trick. I will say this for Zembrod, his impersonation of a dentist was better than that oh Doc Holiday. As for Wyat Earp, PLEASE, Have Mercey, I hope I have made my point. The only good thing about it is that I did not have to pay to see it. Had I done so, I would have stopped watching movies. Watch at your own risk.

I didn't necessarily see Zembrod's Holiday as a copy of Val Kilmer. For me I saw more Dennis Quaid than Val. In fact when I first saw him and heard him speak Quaid immediately came to mind. Also had I saw a movie still of Zembrod at any point in this picture I would bet somebody's farm, not mine Lol, that it was Quaid. As far is his accent goes it reminds me more of Douglas Fowley from The Life and Times of Wyatt Earp TV show in the late '50s than VK's. Sure, it could have been better because all portrayals are now stacked up against Kilmer's. For the most part I like "almost" all Holiday portrayals over the decades, including this one, even though a number of scripts took liberties on real events and people.