Not great, but worth watching...

Rating: 7/10 (10 April 2007)

A decent, standard Hollywood epic with excellent special effects, but nothing special. I am a sucker for Hollywood epics though...
I tend to agree with most critics this time in what they had to say about the motion picture, especially regarding Brad Pitt. He is so far away from being Achilles it almost hurts. Eric Bana as Hector and Peter o'Toole as Priam deliver memorable performances though. They could (should) have been considered at least for nominations by the academy for the Oscar as supporting actors, together with the creators of the special effects.
Otherwise Petersen was far from creating even part of the drama he has proved to be capable of in 'Das Boot'. I suppose you can't always get it right...