Product: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Region 2) (1999)
Rating: 2.0
Overlong, overdone, over the top~~
If you think that this is an inspiring movie such as Braveheart which Mel Gibson acted so brilliantly as Sir Richard Wallace, you would be extremely disappointed with this offering. Luc Besson's movies are always interesting to watch with beautiful cinematography & French flair. But this latest offering, despite it still shares those traits, it could become disillusioned at times. I couldn't stand Milla Jovovich running around the set screaming her head off. If I were one of her soldiers, I wouldn't be inspired by her at all to fight for France. Rather, the English looked more like those civilised type. With due respect, Milla is not a bad actress after seeing her in the Fifth Element & her minor role as the prostitute in You've Got Game with Denzel Washington. So, the decision for her to depict Joan as that mad woman is questionable. The part of her arguing with her conscience acted by Dustin Hoffman is like watching X Files, you want to know the truth but the truth you shall not find. At times, I just wished that she could be burned & done with so that I could get on with life. Well, a completely forgettable film & I wouldn't dream of watching it one more time, just like putting myself over a guillotine. Having said that, Faye Dunaway & John Malkovich were superb in their amoral roles being calculative, manipulative, conniving to serve their own interests.