The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen/Rising Sun (DVD)

Advantages: All round entertainment, great special effects
Disadvantages: none

...The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Twentieth Cenury Fox) Produced by Trevor Albert & Don Murray Directed by Stephen Morrington (Blade) Running Time 1 Hour 45 mins Special Features include:- Audio Commentaries Interactive Menus Bonus Footage Includes main feature sub-titles in English for the hearing impaired. Starring :- Sean Connery Shane West Stuart Townsend Peta Wilson Jason Fleming Set in the Victorian times (1899) in a different world dimension, Allan Quatermain a famous adventurer and crack shot marksman is tracked down by a consort for the queen in a retreat in... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: well-directed, attractive, great concept
Disadvantages: shoddily scripted, badly plotted, some terrible acting

...Call it arrogance. Call it stupidity. Or perhaps attribute it to the death of the wonderful Alexander Walker, without whose expert guidance I am left floundering on a sea of cinematic confusion. Whatever it is, it amounts to me being convinced that it's worth seeing a film that has been universally panned since I might like it after all... or maybe not. Actually, let's be fair. It's not that I didn't enjoy myself watching The League of Extraodinary Gentlemen, it's just that enjoyed myself for almost entirely the wrong reasons... CAST Allan Quartermain SEAN CONNERY Dorian Gray STUART TOWNSEND M RICHARD ROXBURGH Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde JASON FLEMYNG Tom Sawyer SHANE WEST Capt. Nemo NASEERUDDIN SHAH Mina Harker PETA WILSON Rodney Skinner TONY CURRAN Directed by STEPHEN NORRINGTON (Blade) Written by... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: A few good action scenes, good effects.
Disadvantages: A bit flat and rushed. Acting was less than perfect.

...I wanted to like this, I truly did. I like Sean Connery and Stuart Townsend, so I went to the effort of seeing it at the cinema. Though I did subsequently buy this film on DVD, I did wait until it was cheap. The premise is that all of the protagonists from various Victorian literature all get together to fight a common Enemy. We have the invisible man (though not the original), Dracula's Bride, Dorian Grey, Captain Nemo and Jekyl/Hyde. I can't remember who Sean Connery was supposed to be... Perhaps he was just made up for the story. The plot is alright, but Connery is getting a bit old for these sorts of roles and Townsend's acting was a tad wooden. Mildly entertaining, but not filmic genius by a long way. The main issue I had with it was that it all felt a bit rushed. The film isn't particularly long, and could have done really... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful