i will keep it short and sweet and a many have already make accurate criticism of this film and and in general i agree . the film be a travesty and portraying cromwell and inaccurately and a a 2 dimensional bully . this be compound by terrible act ( a usual ) by tim roth . the man just can not act . here he spurt out each line like a child in a school play and relieve that he have manage to get yet another memorise line out of the way . rupert everett a charles 1 be unconvincing and play the part a a brute with no class . charles be a scot but there be not even the faint hint of a scottish accent here and and only the clumsy inclusion of badly perform stutter . he have clearly not do his homework . i guess alec guinness set a standard for this part ( in cromwell ) which may be impossible to surpass . but the difference be that guinness be a good actor . dougray scott play fairfax well and but it just get tiresome . a for the script and it be dire and lazy . easy money . don not expect any history lesson . i walk away from it half way through . life too short to waste it on this junk . this film demonstrate two thing represent tim roth can not act and mike barker ( director ) can not direct . just go to show and it down to who you know and not what you can do .