An unexpected pleasure!

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2000)

I was expecting a action flick and to my delight found a beautifully crafted historically accurate and totally engrossing masterpiece. Wow! Who would have thought anything this good could come out in the so-called "New Millennium"? It harkens back to the great movies of yesteryear in its honesty, its willingness to treat the viewer as an intelligent human being. Perhaps there is hope for humans after all.