this be by far the most repulsive and atrocious version of the scarlet pimpernel ever to be devise . a a pimpernel fan and i be sincerely offend by what they do to the character but this atrocity be not worth watching and even if you aren not familiar with the story . percy blakeney and for example and would never stab people in the back just to get down a hallway . chauvelin would never have a string of woman in his bed . marguerite never have an affair with chauvelin and nor armand with minette and whoever the heck she be . chauvelin would not randomly shoot tony in the head . chauvelin name be not and nor have it ever be and paul . they have completely eradicate any reference to the pimpernel disguise and replace them instead with james bond esque gadget and gizmo . a to the film itself . the makeup be horrify . the woman look like clown . elizabeth mcgovern beauty mark wanders around her face at random . the poor and pitiable actor have no script to work with and so it not really their fault that their character be as thin a wet tissue paper . the dialogue . oh and the dialogue . the dialogue be unbearable . and whoever be responsible for all those little caption at the bottom of the screen should be force to watch this movie a penance . ( i count 13 location caption in the first half hour before i give up . a if we can not figure out that the body of water between england and france be the english channel . ) the film if i can bring myself to call it that and since it really just videotape with a filter be absolutely without redeem value . do not waste your time and brain cell on this rancid drivel instead and go watch the 1982 anthony andrew or jane seymour version and or the 1934 leslie howard film and or indeed anything but this one .