A gift, a blessing bestowed upon us there by Kilmer. Perfection. The consideration and study that he must have committed to in order to deliver such. Never a weak moment, or, false move, or, missed opportunity. Everything was taken care of and addressed. Bless his heart.
Stout citation, Yonk. Bully, bully for you, boy.
A Friday nite Direct Hit for Yonk,,,putting it down for us to recognize and preface, and to venture back in sight & sound.
Go on, you big, beautiful, Yonk, you, Friday evening is yours, big fella.
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ShogunofYonkers (77426)
7 years ago
Thanks Cubby!
I really loved Kilmer in this one so much and i thought he was a very good performer in general throughout his career
(Apparently, Val is really impossible to deal with and ive heard thats why he doesnt show up so much anymore...which is pretty sad
He appears to be a difficult jerk...)
His Doc Holliday was such a casually psychotic and charming character that i would place him right on the shelf with Hopkins' Lecter...same level of scary awesomeness
THE upper level...
Kilmer was a shooting star...bright and glorious for a few moments
Boy oh boy will i remember him!
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Culburn (3638)
7 years ago
Take a look at "Felon"---2008---he stars as a convicted murderer who is incarcerated with Stephen Dorff who is in on a manslaughter conviction for protecting his family. He killed the perp just outside instead of inside his home. We're shown this.
Kilmer took vengeance on his perp (who murdered and raped his wife & daughter) by wiping the man's entire bloodline from the face of the earth. We're not shown any of this.
The plot is not good---is horse manure as these two try to survive a corrupt guard.
But, Kilmer's character has a message and he stands by it thru the closing credits with a letter read by a freed Dorff. It's a message about family. & it's worth sitting thru the horse manure.
***Dorff's young son is given a sequence midway thru that will break your heart.
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