NO.. NO NO NO!!! We wanted a movie, not a cliche!!!

Rating: Null/10 (9 January 2002)

C'mon, former general gets imprisioned by a tyrant and his family gets murdered... now former general wants his revenge on tyrant. Been done and BORING!!! And asside from the gore (a little blood here and there) and the opening battle sequence, the movie is all hollywood sugar-coated glamour and pretty little CGI tricks. This comming from the guy who did Blade Runner where NOTHING is so shiny.
This, however, was enough to forgive. What made it harder to forgive was the fact that Russel Crowe has one single expression on his face in every frame and talks with a monotonous Ben Stine kind of voice throughout the show. When you have a lead doing nothing at all though the film, it makes you notice how your standards for B-FILMs are high.
Ridley, if you read this... next-time you want to glamourize and sugar -coat a cliche. Say "Mr. Spielberg... I got you a gift... it's yours!"
Russel, there are acting classes everywhere... take advantage of these things... you have enough money. And imagine all the extra cash you'd get if you could act!