It's all Greek to me...

Rating: Null/10 (12 May 2004)

I don't think I was meant to laugh as much as I did, but, hey, if Wolfgang Petersen hasn't got anything lined up he really should have a go at slapstick. This film reminded me of a Carry-On film (sadly lacking the lavatorial humour, which may or may not have improved it) but acted with less enthusiasm. The acting was really very poor, particularly from all the 'young guns' - Sean Bean is the only thespian able to hold his head up after this. I particularly enjoyed Brian Cox pretending to be Brian Blessed. My main problem was with the dialogue, I can't imagine how hard it must be to act believably when the lines are so bad. On the positive side I will say it looked good and the Brad/Orlando dream-team certainly have the faces/physiques to launch a thousand screaming teenagers. I found it mostly watchable and a part of something that pretends to be my brain enjoyed it for all the wrong reasons (such as Brad Pitt jumping around in a short skirt) but I will never, ever need to see it again. I mean it Wolfgang, try directing a farce next time, no a real one.