Good but flawed

Rating: 5/10 (13 August 2000)

Superbly shot, excellent cast and effects. The tree of death was fantastic. There was a slight style over content problem, and the moment of revelation I wasn't really satisfied with - having someone basically tell you a story instead of you seeing it - It smacked of "Oh heck, we've done 2 hours, whadda we do?!" and was disappointing. But otherwise, pretty good and worth seeing.