Michael Fassbender plays splendidly the tragic king who receives a mysterious prophecy from a trio of witches

Rating: 7/10 (4 February 2016)

Shakespeare's classic tragedy is acted with celebrated lead performances from Michael Fassbender , Marion Cotillard , Sean Harris , Paddy Considine , David Thewlis , among others . Macbeth (Michael Fassbender) , the Thane of Glamis , and his underling Banquo (Paddy Considine) have put down a rebellion and are to be rewarded by their overlord , King Duncan (David Thewlis) . On their way to their castle they meet three witches and a little girl who prophesy that Macbeth will soon rule , but his kingdom will be short . They are dismissed as crazies but their prophesies come to pass . Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his astute spouse , his equally murderous wife (Marion Cotillard) , Lady Macbeth (she is often referred to as "Lady M") , he subsequently murders his king and takes the throne for himself .
Notorious as well as big-budgeted adaptation of the Shakespearean classic marked by unflinching violence , realistic design and fatalistic atmosphere . A magnificent recounting of Shakespeare's Macbeth in which all the fire , doom , vengeance and ambition of his text come brilliantly to life . Although Shakespeare's Macbeth has little to do with Macbeth , the King , the real Macbeth was one of Scotland's better kings . Very well made film that contains stunning fight scenes , lots of mood , grisly killings , fine acting , breathtaking battles and being compellingly set in a barbaric society . Realized in cold and thought-provoking style that it bears remarkable resemblance to the Shakespearean original . However , some aspects differ from the original source material , as there would be only the three witches without the child and the infant , as Banquo's ghost would sit in Macbeth's seat during the banquet ; moreover , the movie subplot of Macbeth's dead child would be completely omitted as well as the famous beheading executed by MacDuff , opposite to the movie . This movie is an incredibly detailed vision in its own right . Main cast offers awesome interpretations . Michael Fassbender gives a fabulous acting as a demonic leader receives a prophecy from a trio of women that foretell one day he will become King of Scotland . Extraordinary support cast , such as Paddy Considine as Banquo , Sean Harris as Macduff , David Hayman as Lennox , David Thewlis as King Duncan and many others . Colorful as well as evocative cinematography , though dark , by Adam Arkapaw . Being filmed at Bamburgh ; Roman Polanski's Macbeth (1971) was there also shot . The motion picture was well directed by Jed Kurzel who also composed the thrilling score . Before directing this film , Kurzel worked as a designer of a stage production of the play in which his wife played Lady Macbeth .
¨Macbeth¨ (2015) results to be , in fact , a worthy continuation of various renditions based upon Shakespearean classic play , these are the followings : Macbeth (1948) acted , directed by Orson Welles with Jeanette Nolan , Dan O'Herlihy , Roddy McDowall , Robert Coote , this is a low-budgeted retelling with cheap sets , a three-week shooting schedule and an attempt at Scottish accent ; Macbeth (1976) with Eric Porter , Janet Suzman ; Macbeth (1990) with Michael Jayston , Leigh Hunt , being produced as part of HBO's Thames collection ; Macbeth (1971) by Roman Polanski with John Finch , Francesca Annis , Martin Shaw , being first movie made by Playboy Enterprises , it was torn apart by critics and originally rated X . Furthermore , a Japanese adaptation : Throne of Blood (1957) by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune , Yamada , Shimura , this is Kurosawa's masterful rendition that transports the story to medieval Japan and the world of the samurai .