Doc Holliday

This movie is all over the place, unfortunately. I love a historical-based Western where possible, but this one really falls short of its potential. The plot is weak, the pacing is terrible, score is much to be desired for such an epic tale. The thing everyone wants to point out is the depiction of Doc Holiday, which I honestly, am not that offended by, since no one can match Val Kilmer's version of the character in Tombstone. However, the portrayal of Holiday is clearly heavily based on Kilmer's performance, and especially these days, following Val's recent passing, very mediocre and weak. Wyatt Earp's presence is very absent for much of the film and you don't feel the weight of his importance much at all. The villains are poorly written tbh as well.

The overall story has so much potential, but poorly executed. The gunfight's are very clunky and impressively impotent. Probably one of the worst Western's I've ever seen.

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.

It felt like the person who prorated Doc Holiday was a cosplayer pretending to be Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday. The writing was a mess, everyone's performance is just down right silly, and the action was dull enough to put everyone asleep. Also wasn't Holiday supposed to be a great gun slinger? Because I've lost count on how many times he has missed a shot against the two main villains in the end. This was definitely a low budget film that didn't really the viewers anything new about Doc Holiday. Oh and drink every time that someone mentions that Doc holiday is a dentist. You'll be drunk by the end of the movie.

You're better off watching Tombstone again for the millionth time.

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.

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!