Makes The Last Kingdom seem brilliant

Rating: 1/10 (21 January 2016)

Shakespearian tragedy is where a character, so full of potential, makes a bad decision and their life falls apart from then on. The audience feels so upset by the waste of that potential. This film is a Shakespearian tragedy on an epic scale.
For those expecting a modern version of Polanski's classic, you'll be sorely disappointed. Polanski it is not. The battle scenes are poor versions of the series Spartacus, the actors mumble their way through, delivering in a monotone, and they have changed the story so much, it is pretentious to call the film Macbeth. I didn't think much of The Last Kingdom but this film makes that series look brilliant. Even Polanski's 1970s special effects with the dagger are way better than in this 2015 production.
Some of the scenery is spectacular but that's about it. If you want to see a classic version of the Scottish play, watch Polanski's version.