Product: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Region 2) (1999)
Rating: 5.0
It's a LONG way from the cover of Elle to medieval France!
I really enjoy Milla Jovovich movies. I just get a real kick out of thinking of her on the cover of fashion magazines while watching her duke it out with the bad guys. The Messenger is a serious movie, with a LOT of action.The Messenger is a much better film than The Fifth Element - the photography and scenery is fabulous, and the supporting cast is perfect. Fay Dunaway, John Malkovich, Dustin Hoffman... it's just great.Perhaps the scene I like best of all the large-scale battles is where Joan takes an arrow, and we look right into her face as she falls 20-30 feet off a ladder, into the arms of the men below. Maybe it's not great acting, but she definitely placed a lot of trust in her cast mates. A lot of horse riding through battles, sword brandishing, serious medieval battle gore... yep, this is a great film.