When the lawmen are stripped of their stars by a judge who is influenced by the Kenedys, they decide to strike out on their own, outside of the protection of the law. The only caveat is that they must return within three days or find themselves pursued by Federal Marshalls. Along the way, they enlist the aid of tracker Bill Tilghman (Levi Fiehler), a man raised by Cherokee Indians and the best tracker Earp has ever known. As they run down the Kenedy boys, Sam and Spike split up, with Sam rallying Spike's crew and Spike coming across an innocent family, who are all to willing to help this traveling stranger. Anything Spike touches seems to end in tragedy and so it does for this family as well. With Earp's posse hot on Sam and Spike's trail, the lawman does eventually get the revenge he so desperately seeks.
The film begins with a much older Earp (Val Kilmer) telling this tale to a young reporter named Conrad. Famed gunmaker Sam Colt supposedly made 4 special guns, one for each member of the posse, and the reporter wanted to know if the guns truly existed and why they were awarded. The film bounces between the past and the present, with Kilmer weaving the story and Roberts acting it out. The acting is competent and enjoyable, although at certain parts of the film, it feels more like "acting" and is less believable. One specific scene shows a fistfight between Bat Masterson and a local and it just looks too fake. Fortunately, these times are few and far between and most of the film is pretty good. Even Trace Adkins, country music star, turns in a very good performance, and Kilmer nails his role as the older and wiser Earp. I especially liked the offhanded introduction to Doc Holliday (Wilson Bethel) and he provided some much needed comic relief, although the humor was most definitely dark.
Special features are practically non-existent and amount to a 3-4 minute behind-the-scenes video, with audio that was hard to hear at times due to the blowing wind. That being said, I enjoyed Wyatt Earp's Revenge, although it's probably more of a rental than a purchase. While not the best modern Western out there, it's worth watching and Matt Dallas as Bat Masterson is prettier than any Old West lawman deserves to be.
