In one of the greatest plagiarism crimes in film history . . .

Rating: 8/10 (15 December 2015)

. . . the Weinstein Company has churned out thousands of movie posters for MACBETH without a single mention of Bill Shakespeare in sight. Evidentally Kow-Towing to the sound and fury of the ANONYMOUS crowd, these movie-producing fat cats should have their pants sued off by Bill's heirs for copyright infringement. Not only do these MERCHANTS OF VENICE appropriate Bill's title, but the script for this flick is stolen in one fell swoop, virtually line-for-line from what Bill wrote for his Globe Theatre in London a few years back. But I suppose what's done is done. However, if you have significant cataracts, DO NOT TRY TO SEE THIS FLICK, because you won't be able to! Apparently to save on the budget required to film MACBETH on director Roman Polanski's scale, most all of this latest film of that name takes place in a murky haze which perfectly captures the heartbreak of cataracts. If you already suffer from this tragic condition, watching this MACBETH through your set of double cataracts won't be any easier that trying to perceive it from behind Niagara Falls! The Weinsteins also skimp on castles, resorting to tents for the first half of this story. Most who remember Polanski's version will be stunned to hear that there's not one naked witch in sight here, as the union scale for nude actresses was far beyond the scope of this low-budget effort. Though 99% of Bill's dialogue is mumbled incoherently here (no doubt the Weinsteins skimped on microphones, as well), we do learn that "The Thane of Fife had a wife," who doubtless was as burned up as anyone else over this MACBETH!