Well l hired this film (one of my favorite types of film) even after hearing that is was not up to standard, and l`m afraid it is't.
It`s a pale re-make of the 1930's film, and not half as good, the director Mr Kapur has tried to make a film using modern slow motion, l think to make some kind of statement with regard the action, it does not work at all, Heath Ledger is a good actor but not good enough to hold together a film like this, the only actor who stood out in my opionion was James Cosmo, and l think thats where Mr Kapur is let down, not many of the actors in the main roles are "know" so you don`t get that jelling of the cast.
I`m afraid l will have to say if you want to see this film in a proper way then you can't go wrong watching the 1950's version called "Storm Over The Nile"...this is how the film should have been made...l`m sorry to be negative but this could have been a epic film, and l did say could have been...
3/10
It`s a pale re-make of the 1930's film, and not half as good, the director Mr Kapur has tried to make a film using modern slow motion, l think to make some kind of statement with regard the action, it does not work at all, Heath Ledger is a good actor but not good enough to hold together a film like this, the only actor who stood out in my opionion was James Cosmo, and l think thats where Mr Kapur is let down, not many of the actors in the main roles are "know" so you don`t get that jelling of the cast.
I`m afraid l will have to say if you want to see this film in a proper way then you can't go wrong watching the 1950's version called "Storm Over The Nile"...this is how the film should have been made...l`m sorry to be negative but this could have been a epic film, and l did say could have been...
3/10