Tombstone-Rashomon (2017)

Good Intentions, Bad Results

“Plot: The events of the Gunfight at the OK Corral come together via the accounts of survivors and those close to the people involved. 

From Alex Cox, the unique voice behind Repo Man (1984) and Sid and Nancy (1986) comes Tombstone-Rashomon. What the title suggests is exactly what it sets out to be: The story of Tombstone, Arizona's most famous gun battle by way of the structure of Kurosawa's Rashomon. That alone should be a titillating enough reason to watch as the premise has a lot of potential. However, before you dive head first into the fray, let me warn you that the result lays all that promise to waste, courtesy of an array of problems

Primary among these issues, is the unnecessary use of a sci-fi element to justify the interview format (a format, by the way, th” read more