No film is perfect...

Rating: Null/10 (9 November 2004)

Troy being no exception. However, it is not as bad as some would have you believe.
A retelling of the Trojan war, Troy features superb special effects and an excellent cast.
For me, the best performance is by Eric Bana as Hector. Bana succeeds tremendously in portraying the sheer bravery of Hector, and you understand why everyone in Troy loves him!
Brad Pitt's Achilles is also a very good performance. Diane Kruger doesn't really have much to work with to give Helen some character. A dull character in this film, Kruger does her best.
Orlando Bloom's performance is good. Nothing spectacular, but again he is not given a very (in my opinion) interesting character to work with.
This is obviously not true to the Iliad completely, but lets face it, that wouldn't work in Hollywood now, would it?
Overall a 8/10