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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe words belong to Mr. Shakespeare. All else in this Macbeth is the pleasurably fevered invention of brash Australian director Geoffrey Wright.
- For four centuries William Shakespeare’s plays have been reinvented to fit contemporary sensibilities. But few recent efforts can match the Australian writer and director Geoffrey Wright’s brutal and thrilling new version.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThis is Shakespeare as action film --- furiously paced and unapologetically cinematic.
- 70Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderThoughtful, sexually charged, and sometimes brutal, this Australian drama by director Geoffrey Wright updates the setting of Shakespeare's play but stays true to its themes, offering fresh insight into the characters and verse.
- 63TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxThe famous soliloquies are heard in voice-over -- a risky idea that works -- and Wright has found clever ways of naturalizing the play's more supernatural elements.
- 40VarietyVarietySomething indeed wicked this way comes in a mangled Macbeth set in contempo gangland Melbourne.
- 38Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsIt's all very "Scarface"--the De Palma remake of "Scarface," not the Hawks original. In other words, it doesn't feel modern at all. It feels about a generation late and 400 years short.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustThe film is strictly straight-to-video action movie stuff, albeit with dialogue in iambic pentameter.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe rush into gunfights and car chases pushes the text in all the wrong directions. As written, the 400-year-old words are still fresher than anything ripped from “Miami Vice.”
- 25New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithSay hello to my leetle dagger! Shakespeare meets "Scarface" in an Aussie adaptation of "Macbeth" gone gangsta.