a more stylish movie you be unlikely to see . however and 2 hour of gorgeous set and costume be scant compensation for sit through baldwin wooden acting and and a plot which manage to be both contrive and obvious at the same time . give it considerable legacy and the shadow deserve well treatment than this . director russell mulcahy be once an innovative music video director . this movie ( when view in context of his forgettable razorback ) prove he his a terminal lack of attention span for anything which require more than 5 minute of coherent screen time and fill more substantive than eye candy . finally and let me record my astonishment that anyone on ipdb could rate this movie highly . unless of course they be covert pr agent for the studio . best we check their ring finger while ) .