Should have been tailored down to 190 minutes

Rating: 6/10 (22 December 2002)

Trusting the reviews, I went to see this movie expecting a lot; I should have known, this is always dangerous. I felt it was way too long; I had the impression I was attending a play in a theater. It just did not carry me along. I kept looking at my watch to see how much time was left. In a few accasions during the show, I felt I was watching a remake of some Sergio Leone movie. Long trench coats, real up-close close-ups, endless agony in the dust. One word summary: deception.