If only the film was as short as the title. Although visually, the film is stunning, the acting is overdone and laughable. Titus is a story about revenge, revenge, and more revenge.
Every character is reprehensible in one way or another, and the tone of the film is darkly comic.
The film opens with mud encrusted Roman soldiers marching in a manner similar to the dancing in Michael Jackson's Thriller video. These actions drive Titus to retaliate, and the results are both disgusting and funny. A Shakespeare play is usually an actor's dream. A good performance in a classic play can help cement an actor's reputation. This is not the case in Titus .