Dead in Tombstone
- Fundamentals, reception.
- American live action feature length video, 2013, NR, 99 minutes, action, Western, supernatural.
- IMDB: 4.8/10.0 from 2,699 audience ratings. Estimated budget, 5.2 million USD.
- Rotten Tomatoes: 'No score yet..' and 30% liked it from 337 audience ratings.
- Netflix: 3.2/5.0 from 37,160 audience ratings.
- Directed by: Mike Elliott.
- Starring: Danny Trejo as Guerrero, Mickey Rourke as Blacksmith/Lucifer, Anthony Michael Hall as Red Cavanaugh, Dina Meyer as Calathea Massey.
- Setup and Plot
- Red Cavanaugh is about to be hung, but the rest of the Blackwater Gang rescue him. Red sells them a plan to liberate some gold. His half-brother and co-leader of the gang, Guerraro, agrees as long as they make it a quick and relatively clean operation.
- Once the plan is in motion, though, Red bloodies the town and kills his brother, as well as the sheriff. Red takes over the town with the remaining Blackwater Gang as his fellow enforcers. He joins forces with an English business man to keep a choke hold on the town and the mining of the gold.
- Meanwhile, Guerrero has a long chat with Lucifer, and strikes a deal with him. If Guerrero can snuff his old gang, Lucifer will restore him to life above ground.
- The bloodletting increases. One might expect that, given the cast and the setup of the screenplay.
- Does Guerrero re-gain his life, or does Red foul up his plans again?
- Conclusions
- One line summary: Deals with Lucifer sometimes take longer than expected.
- Three stars of five.
- Scores
- Cinematography: 7/10 Nicely atmospheric, but had some terrible hand-held moments.
- Sound: 6/10 I could hear the dialog, which was fine, but the sound did not add much to the mood of the piece.
- Acting: 8/10 I liked the four principal actors in this property.
- Screenplay: 4/10 This video would have been better at 75 minutes rather than 99. The script was a bit short on ideas, and long on torture, murder, forced labor, revenge, and betrayals.
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