If this is New, Give Me the Old World 0*

Rating: 1/10 (16 August 2006)

Very boring film which is conducive for sleeping. You will not need the sleeping pills after seeing this one.
The story could have been told in about 20 minutes about colonization in Jamestown in 1607.
The stereotyping is there as the natives are with painted faces, aggressive behavior and the women are practically in the nude.
Colin Farrell is a renegade who escapes death from leader Christopher Plummer. The latter soon returns to England to get supplies. How lucky he is to get away from this dull picture.
It is told in narrator like setting. Even the battle scenes seem contrived.
Enter Christian Bale. The head of the tribe has fallen for Farrell, but thinking he is no longer here, goes with Bale, a widower. Then we see the "My Fair Lady" come into view where the woman, who learns to speak English rapidly goes back with Bale to England married with a son. Re-enter Farrell as the film ends.
The plot here is absolutely meaningless.