Beautiful, violent and speaks to our times.

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2002)

Some of these actors will undergo an image change during the movie. Mr. Lewis got into some violence in "Last of the Mohecans" but it's done in a different style here. The whole thing is beautiful and darn ugly at the same time. Angry mobs doing battle with home-made looking weapons in a wonderful period setting. The use of music is striking, with old tunes mixed for a weird and evocative sound. The attitudes of some of the characters, unfortunately, should seem familiar, which I attribute to the base nature of human society. Great job. Very entertaining.