Kudos to McTiernan et. al.

Rating: 9/10 (11 March 2000)

This movie was extremely well done... great cinematography, excellent casting, well written script, plenty of action, fantastic battle scenes, and one hell of a plot. It is strangely wonderful, erie, scary, and exciting all at once. My favorite intelligent transition was when Antonio Banderas learned their language by "Listening"... My favorite action scene was the first night's battle in the Great Hall... The scariest part was the "Fire Wurm" coming down the hill... Talk about grabbing your balls and wanting to run and hide! Anyone searching for a great period piece, or just some testosterone pumping battle sequences needs to see this movie. It's too bad that it was abandoned by the studio just before release, with almost no advertising, little distribution and an exceptionally poor release date.. it could've been a moneymaker, I wonder why they dropped it like a hot potato? One of Banderas' best roles, but not hyped the way it should've been. Oh well, Hollywood. Go figure. They get something really great, don't know what they've got, and consign it to oblivion because some idiot with no imagination didn't get it... Well, it get's my vote for a great film. Go see or rent it now.