Lovely to look at but lacking in spirit

Rating: Null/10 (4 October 2004)

This film is worth seeing just for the fight scenes and the wonderful scenery and cinematography. However there was just something missing in this film - I think it was the fact that the characterisation wasn't as developed as it could be or perhaps the film structure could have accentuated the varying views of the past a bit more with a bit more pace. The whole audience of the cinema I was in were obviously restless during the last third of the film as the tension had not built enough and although the film is only just over 1.5 hours it felt like it was a lot longer. All in all something that was pleasing to the eye but I felt it could have been so much better.