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Rating: 2/10 (28 January 2006)

Oliver Stone has taken a story with incredibly epic subject matter and made it into one of the most tedious movies I've ever seen. This is coming from someone who thoroughly enjoyed Wolfgang Peterson's TROY , the epic Lord of the Rings movies and most well made epics. This, sadly, doesn't come close. Colin Farell is awful. Val Kilmer & Angelina Jolie aren't bad, but there roles give them no chance and Stone directs the movie so badly and clumsily, it's almost comical. Alas, only almost...what it is, is incredibly dull. What a waste of a big budget on what should have been a big-time movie if handled correctly. I think Stone's reputation will take a huge hit here. Deservedly so !