Rousing, if historically inaccurate

Rating: 8/10 (22 January 2005)

A lot of proselytizing and posturing has been done concerning this work, so I will not bore you with more of the same.
What I will say is that this movie was entertaining. It was historically inaccurate, but otherwise well done as a means of entertainment. I thoroughly enjoyed this endeavor, the performances, and the story itself, although archeology.org has debunked most of the plot and even the situation of the lay out of the area. It would have been nice to have been handed a good bit of history along with this battle-torn work, but all in all, I have to say it was quite good.
The story was quite inventive, all things considered, and the characters were developed well enough as to allow you to gain a small measure of kinship with them. The two Golden Boys of the Biz did well in the execution of their characters, as one would expect.
Filmed in the opus of the epic, the climaxail battle was rousing, and the movie played out to a satisfying, if disturbing, end.
It rates an 8.1/10 from...
the Fiend :.