In a post-apocalyptic Liverpool, a man returns seeking revenge for his wife's murder - and everyone speaks perfect Jacobean English.In a post-apocalyptic Liverpool, a man returns seeking revenge for his wife's murder - and everyone speaks perfect Jacobean English.In a post-apocalyptic Liverpool, a man returns seeking revenge for his wife's murder - and everyone speaks perfect Jacobean English.
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Joe Cottrell Boyce
- 4th Thug
- (as Joseph Cottrell Boyce)
Sammy Duplay
- Lad
- (as Sam du Play)
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This is quite simply one of the WORST films I have ever seen.Alex Cox has made 1 good film(Sid and Nancy)and has been coasting since then on his non-reputation, but enough is enough.Taking Middletons already over the top play and infusing it with dreary 80-s post-punk visuals and dreadfull Derek Jarman style pretension leaves the viewer nauseous and patronised.
Eccleston, usually dependable is AWFUL, and only Izzard acquits himself(amazingly).Avoid this trash at any cost
0/5
Eccleston, usually dependable is AWFUL, and only Izzard acquits himself(amazingly).Avoid this trash at any cost
0/5
i bought this film because it had eddie izzard in it. i was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. eccleston and izzard were great. derek jacobi was brilliant. The plot wasn't too predictable. the idea for the backdrop to be post-apocalyptic Liverpool was an inspiration. worth watching. its a film i would watch more than once. happy to add it to my favourites collection. the speech was sometimes drowned out by the background music which made the film a little hard to follow. but i intend to watch the film again, so I'm sure i will pick up stuff i missed the first time round. and my film doesn't have subtitles which would have helped.
A superb turn from the eternal punk, Alex Cox. Excellent performances and production design that never overshadows the rest of the show, despite being constantly inventive and energetic. And a great soundtrack by ChumbaWunmba (never thought I'd see myself saying that :))
I have just seen the premier of this film at the Cambridge Film Festival, and it is superb. Christopher Eccleston is demented as the lead role, and Eddie Izzard at last cuts out the buffonery and lives up to his promise. Chumbuwumba provide and excelent soundtrack, and the costume designers have seen too many Adam Ant videos. The scouse touches bring the film down to earth just when it seems to get away. Better performances, and directing, would be difficult to see.
The acting is tremendous, the dialogue is delivered with such ease and intensity, and where there is caddiness-- it is intentional. This movie is visually beautiful and unapologetic; it does not bore you with tedious dialogue, but challenges the audience to mesh both Jacobean language with a modern day setting. Other movies have tried to accomplish this time fold, attempting to 'modernize' what they consider to be classics, but other movies did not have Christopher Eccleston and Eddie Izzard. There performances deserved more credit than the average moviegoer could afford. See this movie.
Did you know
- TriviaThe final sequence depicting the bombing of Nagasaki was originally intended to show the planes hitting the World Trade Center, relating the plot of futile revenge to the current "War on Terror".
- GoofsThe Duke blinks right before Vindici tells him he has taken a pill to prevent blinking.
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[after discovering that their scheme to kill their older brother has gone wrong]
Supervacuo: Plagues!
Ambitioso: Confusions!
Supervacuo: Darkness!
Ambitioso: Devils!
Supervacuo: Our younger brother.
Ambitioso: There's no advantage in the killing of a YOUNGER brother!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Drugoe Kino: Revengers Tragedy (2006)
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- 1h 49m(109 min)
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- 1.85 : 1
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