George Pan Cosmatos

Greek film director, credited as George P. Cosmatos, known for Tombstone (1993) and Rambo: First Blood Part II (Rambo 2, 1985).

Born 1941; died 2005; directed mainstream action and Western films, including Tombstone and Rambo: First Blood Part II.

DeBaser hosts two reviews of George Pan Cosmatos's films (Tombstone and Rambo 2: la vendetta). Tombstone is praised as a classic-styled Western indebted to Leone and Peckinpah; Rambo 2 is treated as entertaining but crude, emblematic of 1980s American action. Overall reception on DeBaser is mixed, leaning positive for Tombstone.

For:Fans of Westerns and 1980s action movies; readers of film criticism.