Looks great but lacks a credible portrayal of what people were like during those days.

Rating: 7/10 (23 January 2020)

From the moment the movie began I found myself a little unsure as to how to take it. I was hoping for a realistic feel but beyond the look of the movie there isn't much about this you can buy into. The acting was quite stilted at times and the script and characters were off the mark. Visually it's fantastic but that can't carry a film alone, especially not one dealing with sensitive historical subject matter like this. The language used and the banter was not true of the time. The situations the main protagonists find themselves in from one moment to the next are at times believable and then immediately unbelievable. It was entertaining and spectacular to watch but it isn't a masterpiece in as much as it was badly cast and way too far fetched.