Currently my worst movie-going experience ever.

Rating: 1/10 (14 March 1999)

I saw this at the cinema when it first came out, but the memory is still fresh as the day I watched it. This is the first review I write, as a public service to those who may be thinking about seeing it. Unless you really like flashy sci-fi films regardless of content, then avoid. Like the plague. To its credit, Luc Besson has done a spectacular job with the effects and costume. At the start, at Bruce Willis' apartment, there were some good Blade Runner-ish moments, but they are really wasted on this film. Oh, and the ending is really tacky. The film lacks any kind of plot direction, half the time I was wondering what the whole point was. Ian Holm tries his best to do Cadfael, but doesn't really convince. Bruce Willis puts a good effort in too however this is not to be his finest hour. In the end I just found the storyline to be tacky and irritating. The costumes just got more and more bizarre (golden ducks and a blue lycra male diva anyone?). Luc Besson has done far better films (Nikita, Leon) and you should see these instead - he must have been on some weird trip to concoct this.