Poor Film

Rating: 4/10 (10 July 2004)

What a poor movie - no plot - no character development.
Extremely hard to believe the movie with so many fake accents and acting - the only semblance of character development is Hector and his wife. Brad Pitt should be ashamed - such a poor performance for such a good actor - Eric Bana was OK - Brian Cox was the best - but thats not saying much. The battle scenes were unimaginative - we've seen it all before - no twist like in Braveheart or Gladiator. With such a wealth of material to work with I think the producers and directors put little into this movie and are hoping for a windfall - such a pity. For the $8.50 I payed I don't think I got my moneys worth - the music score was even poor - absolutely no comparison to Gladiator - Homer is probably squirming.