Well, it isn't called "The Iliad" . . .

Rating: Null/10 (3 June 2004)

. . . so if you are happy to leave Homer on the shelf, forget the Aenid and ditch the Oresteia then you'll probably have a nice time watching this. It isn't Homer, but it is a fun sword-and-sandals epic: if you can view it on this level then you'll enjoy this flick. It's good, clean, escapist fun, the interpretation of Achilles as a psychopath was refreshing, and some of the panoramic scenes were truly amazing. Overall it could have been better - we saw more flesh from Achilles than from Helen (when is Hollywood going to relax a little about breasts, this WAS Ancient Greece for goodness' sake?), and some of the acting was a little wooden - but it could have been SO much worse: Steven Seagal as Achilles and Van Damme as Hector anyone?