Two thumbs down, keep the Macedonians off them

Rating: 4/10 (24 November 2004)

The acting was horrible. The children early on were wooden. Only Philip seemed genuine. The dialogue throughout was horrendous. Was this written with one of those "Script Writing for Dummies" books? The pacing was very slow. The battle scenes had a few decent moments but as far as I know Macedonian Phalanges were not static but dynamic formations. They rolled around the battlefield doing most of their damage with shock from colliding with the enemy. The second battle was cut together like a strobe light that seemed to dazzle the eyes physically but little else. The last battle scene goes red for a while, it screams Film school hack job. All I can say is that I wish I had spent my youth with Alexander so that I could have strangled him to save us from this movie. No, that's unfair, where does Oliver Stone live?