Dead in Tombstone [DVD]

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On the whole the script is pretty bland and unconvincing. It is more suitable for a TV-show episode than a feature movie.

The plot is pretty similar to 'The Crow' really but lets be frank its a generic commonly used theme in most genres. The best thing about the film is the visuals I guess, it does look quite authentic with good locations and the town of 'Tombstone/Edendale' is actually quite big and impressive looking. It looks like they spent all their budget on the sets and costumes if you ask me. Gun slinging wise the action is crude and a bit hokey really, there is plenty of that old 90's John Woo style nonsense going on with no shortage of explosions...big explosions. Its also a bit too dark at times for me, way too much shadow as they clearly attempt a more dramatic artistic look, hey kudos for trying. Deleted Scenes (HD, 21 minutes): Nine deleted scenes -- "It's Time," "Mrs. Massey is Queen," "Death Walks Among Us," "The Name of This Town is Tombstone," "Ramos Visits Guerrero's Grave," "You Know It's a Slaughterhouse," "Guerrero Grabs the Guard," "Thanks Again Guerrero" and "Who Should Be Left to Stand?" -- plus a "Deleted Shots Montage" are included. Unrated Cut of the Film: The Blu-ray edition of Dead in Tombstone features two stabs at the film: a 100-minute unrated cut and a 100-minute R-rated cut. It's already a bit redundant to issue both a rated and unrated cut on a direct-to-video release, but with both being the same length, the differences amount to little. The unrated cut is even six seconds shorter.The unrated, direct to video Dead In Tombstone gets a simultaneous Blu-ray and DVD release on October 22nd. Guerrero gets some help this time from Dr. Goldsworthy (Dean McDermott) who resurrects him when he gets killed by Boomer. Boomer joins forces with a local brothel owner named Madame Du Vere (Elizabeth Lavender). That alliance along with this woman's ability to "see the truth" feels a little out of left field. It just happened. Even more awkward was that this prostitute seemed to abruptly become the arch nemesis of Guerrero's daughter. She had a few bad things to say about Alicia but nothing suggesting they would punch it out in the end. Director Roel Reine isn't exactly a great director. All of his feature films have never made it to the theater. All have been direct-to-video, including a couple of the 'Death Race' sequels and 'The Scorpion King 3'. Not exactly the cream of the crop. His problem is that he doesn't really know how to direct his actors as well as shoot any type of action scene that is thrilling or coherent. And with 'Dead in Tombstone', these are the aspects that make this would be fun-as-hell film fail.

In a town run by crooks, criminals, and miscreants, Anthony Michael Hall (yes, the 1980s teen star) leads a notorious gang of nogoodniks who take control of a gold mining town, each gang member posing a unique threat. There’s the arsonist, the thief, the murderer – every Western baddie is covered with this wild crew. Red Cavanaugh (Hall) remains the most charismatic of the bunch, and is the true villain that our anti-hero Guerrero guns for, but the hunt for each gang member provides that silly, B-Movie type fun, as one by one these criminals see their numbers dwindle, and the body count rise.Wow, this was far more entertaining than I ever could have imagined! This is a wonderful blend of action, adventure, western, horror and fantasy. It seemed like someone wanted to make a 'Machete' movie as a western, but also threw in the devil and a supernatural aspect to appeal to a wider audience. And whoever thought to put Machete (Danny Trejo) and the nerd from 'The Breakfast Club' (Anthony Michael Hall) together as half-brothers, is a genius. But 'Dead in Tombstone' follows Machete...err...Guerrero (Trejo) and Red (Hall), who are half brothers who lead a band of outlaws in the wild west, as they go riding into towns, robbing and blasting their guns. None of this really makes any sense, but there are some laugh out loud one liners and ridiculous slow motion shots riddled throughout. The plot just doesn't make much sense to me, why would the devil allow this one guy to have a chance at killing his murderers?. Surely in that age in the west there would be hundreds of deaths at the hands of bad people, does he allow everyone this deal? or was it just for his own amusement because he liked Trejo's character?. I just don't see why the devil would be that bothered about six souls when he probably gets ten times that every day, I guess I'm thinking into this too much.