by Matt Smith
I have always been a fan of Val Kilmer, but excepting the odd movie here and there, I lost track of him for a while. The Komplete Val Kilmography (2003-2012) is a twice weekly column that will run through the summer. I will be viewing and writing about each film Val Kilmer appeared in (as long as I can track down a copy of it) in the past decade.
Director James Cox’s excellent Wonderland tells the story of an infamous and unsolved murder that took place in 1981 in Los Angeles. Porn legend John Holmes was directly involved in some way, but police could never pin the crime itself on him. Crime boss Eddie Nash was later tried and plead guilty to having planned the murders as an act of vengeance for being robbed by the Wonderland gang. Holmes was acquitted during trial and before his death reportedly admitted to his sister that he was forced to watch the murders take place, but did not take part in them. This is not an article about the murders. This is about the movie.
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