an unconventional historical drama and with some fine battle scene . tobey maguire give an excellent performance and and get some pretty good back up . the script be literate and pretty original and and the film be keep mercifully free of hero . that say and it do drag a bit and and the last reel be too much like a tv mini series . still and frederick elmes camerawork keep one interested in the dull bit ( and every now and again you see a shot which remind you he work for david lynch ) . worth see .