It's no Lord of the Rings.

Rating: 4/10 (2 April 2006)

The acting was good. The cinematography and directing was good. Other than that.... The movie was much longer than it needed to be. It was also much more violent than it needed to be. Add to that the fact that it was historically inaccurate. It's a lot of Mel Gibson's self-glorification, as we've seen him too often...and he does it so well. Over-acting his way through lukewarm love scenes, and bloody gruesome battle scenes.
and at the end of this movie he exclaims "FREEDOM!!"
...that is exactly how I felt when I walked out of the movie theater, after sitting there for over four hours watching this overindulgent midieval battle film.
If you plan on buying the DVD, save your money. Rent it if you must, but it pales in comparison to Lord of the Rings. Enough said.