ah and how refreshing to see a vision of 18th century england complete with mud and the pox and gibbet . and accompany by a delightful techno soundtrack to boot . this be the story of downtrodden highwayman plunkett ( robert carlisle ) and gentleman fall on hard time captain macleane ( jonny lee miller ) and and how they get together and rob the aristo pig . plunkett be a hard nut and but macleane be far too polite for that and and thus become the gentleman highwayman . he fall in love with lady rebecca ( liv tyler ) and ( who to be frank be the only weak part of the whole shebang ) and want to impress her . the costume be fantastic . big and colourful and historically innacurate beautiful togs . alan cummings get all the best thread and and the best line a lord rochester and sport a very non 18th century eyebrow piercing . the music shift between swoop glorious choir and thump bass laden techno and which doesn not jarr a you think it should do in a historical film . the script be fast move and pepper with modern day colloquialism while merchant ivory and this be not . there be hilarious part and disgust part and sit on the edge of your seat and nibble your fingernail part and but the whole thing chug along and be wonderfully entertaining throughout . this be cheer in the cinema stuff . unmissable .