Below Average

Rating: 4/10 (20 December 2005)

Alexander is supposedly the 15 year pet project of director Oliver Stone so I have to ask . . . what happened? This is definitely Oliver's worst film to date if not one of the worst films I have seen recently. The story is so dis-jointed (including the action sequences which are presented as confusing at best - I couldn't tell during one of the first battles against the Persian Empire which direction the fighting was going on or who was who at certain points!), Colin Farrel was an okay Alexander, and Angelina Jolie was an unbelievable "mother" of Colin (considering their age difference is only 1 year!) - as a side note, her Transylvanian accent in this film was completely unrealistic for her character. The 175 minute length also is a negative. Oh, and that paper mache statue of Val Kilmer is silly if not funny (but not funny in a good way)! 4 out of 10.