Alexander

Rating: 3/10 (28 September 2009)

Just like Pearl Harbor, Razzie nominated director Oliver Stone sounded like a good choice as director for the story he spent fifteen years planning to make, but guess what? Basically this is the historical biopic about golden-haired Greek king and Macedonian conqueror, Alexander the Great (Razzie nominated Colin Farrell), ruling 356-323 B.C. Old Ptolemy (Sir Anthony Hopkins) narrates the story, as Alexander ascended to the thrown at the age of 20, after his father King Philip (Razzie nominated Val Kilmer) is murdered, waging war against the Persians. After finding out it may have been his own mother Olympias (Razzie nominated Angelina Jolie) who was involved with his father's murder, he continues the war he started, stretching his Empire from Greece to India, only to die at age 32 from illness. Also starring Jared Leto as Hephaistion, Rosario Dawson as Roxane, Christopher Plummer as Aristotle, Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Cassander, Brian Blessed as Wrestling Trainer, Tim Pigott-Smith as Omen Reader, Gary Stretch as Cleitus and David Bedella as Scribe. The action, war and bloody sequences are good viewing, and of course Dawson with no clothes on is a highlight, but the film is marred by its near three-hour length, the quality of acting from some of the cast, and the pathetic dialogue, so while the spectacle is fine, the overall result is terrible. It was nominated the Razzies for Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay. Adequate!