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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [2003]
from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
starring Sean Connery|Stuart Townsend|Shane West
directed by Stephen Norrington

Features:

• Anamorphic
• PAL
• Widescreen

Editorial Review:

The heroes of 1899 are brought to life with the help of some expensive special effects in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. From the pages of Victorian literature come Captain Nemo, Dr Jekyll (and his alter ego Mr Hyde), Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, the Invisible Man, Mina Harker (from Dracula), and the hunter Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery), all assembled to combat an evil megalomaniac out to conquer the world.

It's hardly an original plot, but perhaps that's fitting for a movie sewn together like Frankenstein's monster. It rushes from one frenetic battle to another, replacing sense with spectacle--Nemo's submarine rising from the water, a warehouse full of zeppelins bursting into flame, Venice collapsing into its own canals. It's flashy, dumb, and completely incoherent. Fans of the original comic book will be disappointed. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

• Good fun and a pleasent way to while away a couple of hours.
  This film isnt offensive nor is it the best thing to come out since sliced bread. The story is well written and the cast list is impressive, the graphics arent out of this world but for this picture they are well suited.
  ITs a pleasent way to spend a few extra hours, you dont need to concentrate hard, spot the hidden meaning its just a good plain honest fantasy action movie with some of the worlds most infamous characters all in one place.

• Disposable Fun
  I saw this film before I read the graphic novels. Taken in isolation, this film is a lot of fun, and I thought it was pretty good visually. The liberties taken with historical reality are all part of the theme. Even before I'd read the novels, however, I felt that one of the drawbacks of the film was the Tom Sawyer character. The character seemed totally out of place, and an obvious device to attract mainstream American audiences. I can appreciate the reality of needing to make the film commercial, but I... more info

• Underappreciated Genius
  I haven't read the graphic novel, and although I've heard that it has a very different story line, I certainly want to get my hands on it after seeing this movie. I only wish I could have given it more than five stars. I was very upset to see how badly this film's reviews were, so bad in fact that even fox refused to do a sequel. Much the pity.
  A lot of this film will be missed if you just flick it on as an easy film, but if you've got a good eye, and even better - a love of literature from the 1900s,... more info

• An over egged pudding
  The main problem with this, and there are many, is that there are too many characters who could have handled the film on their own. It starts of with Sean Connery in Africa being asked by a terribly English government official to help out with some troubles and if it had stayed that way everything might have been fine with the rest of the film. But then we get the invisible man, a good vampire, Dr Jekyll, Captain Nemo, an indestructible man and then the sugary icing on the cake, Tom Sawyer! Tom Sawyer? Yes,... more info

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