A little too long but still worth a look...

Rating: 7/10 (4 August 2013)

A film with some great set piece battle scenes involving hundreds of extras; it does look quite epic in places. I would have liked to have seen it on the big screen, I'm sure it was quite impressive. The music was pretty good; mainly relying on great sweeping themes throughout it did put me in mind of another epic war film set in Russia. All the performances were very good with Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Ed Harris standing out for me. It was one of those films that was good, with ambitions of being great but never quite getting there. Sadly I felt that the love triangle got in the way, a bit, of a decent war film. I say 'sadly' because I thought Rachel Weisz was particularly good in this one. Over all though, I found it a bit too long but still quit a decent watch.
SteelMonster's verdict: RECOMMENDED
My score: 7.3/10.
You can find an expanded version of this review on my blog: Thoughts of a SteelMonster.