Not nearly so bad as some scathing reviews led my to expect.

Rating: Null/10 (16 May 2004)

Sure Brad Pitt's British accent(explain again why they all had British accent's?)was terrible. His spoken performance was generally weak, especially compared to Eric Banna and Sean Bean, like the director was afraid to make him reshoot anything. Having seen what he can do with the various "nutjob" roles he has taken on(Kalifornia, True Romance, 12 Monkeys)it's not like he can't do better. BUT I still really liked the film. Pitt has a surprising physical presence. I was expecting the 165lb Pitt's dispatching of the gigantic Boagrius played by Nathan Jones to look ridiculous, but it worked. Sure they rewrote the story but it was watchable all the way, and the length never bothered me. I enjoyed this at least as much as Gladiator. Maybe reading a bunch of the hacking reviews set me up for a pleasant surprise but this is the type of movie people go to the theatre for. Do NOT miss this one on the big screen.