a film visually rich in detail

Rating: 9/10 (6 September 1999)

Somebody, or somebodies, did a tremendous amount of research on the lifestyle of this period. The sets/costumes/make-up etc. make what would normally be an average action film a beautiful tapestry of detail. Many of the scenes were so lovingly crafted that I sat amazed as to how they were staged. This is not to take away from the extremely exciting action scenes and the not-so-little tension many of the parts of the movie engendered. Not a "chick flick", but one that can be enjoyed several times by anyone out for a couple of hours of emersion into another time, another place, another set of values.