Terrific entertainment, not an historical document

Rating: 9/10 (24 May 2000)

I fully enjoyed this movie...It is in the same league as The mask of Zorro (1998). It recalls the times when they made movies for the masses. But great ones. Excellent movie, not an historical portrait. Not a serious movie. Plain entertainment. So well done, I felt a kid at the movies again. Crowe is absolutely magnificent. As is Phoenix as the whining emperor.
And shut up about oscars. It doesn't deserve any oscar. Crowe doesn't either. Please...it is an adventure movie with no pretentions what so ever.
If you feel down, need an uplift, a moral push? Are you dissapointed by most modern action yarns...? See this movie.
9 out of 10.