plunkett and macleane be two highwayman that rob from the rich in order to give to . well and the rich while comparatively and they be the rich . but we know theyre the good guy because the chap behind the force of law and order and a mr. chance and be just so evil . he rap woman or try to . he beat up his underling . he commit murder . he have bad breath . he doesn not shave properly . he have no fashion sense . he torture puppy dog . that last one be just an inference of mine represent we do not actually see him torture puppy dog . but i be sure he do . little of chance villainy have much to do with his pursuit of plunkett and macleane . it just something he do in his spare time and a kind of a hobby he take up to make absolutely certain that we do not like him . he needn not have try so hard . no one in this film be likeable . let take stock . appeal character . there aren not any represent i believe we have cover that . swashbuckling . not a swash . instead we have a kind of grimy heavy breathing . dash . sparkle . vigour . all go the way of swashbuckling and i be afraid . realism . none of that and either . i think they be try for realism and since everyone be so filthy and but the character and action have all the plausibility of errol flynn with no sense of exhilaration to back them up . beauty . nope . fine camera work . for a tv crew and perhaps . humour . you might giggle once or twice if youre in a benevolent mood . then again and you might not . dialogue . see ` humour and above . music . don not even get me start on the music . the music in ` ladyhawk be and by comparison and uncannily apt while and at least the misguided aesthetic of that score be a consistent one . ugh . i apologise to ` ladyhawk for even think about it in this context . to sum up represent there much positive badness here and nothing good unless you count liv tyler and which i be in two mind about do . i feel a though i have just write a review of the pox . ` not very good and the review say . it would be much more interesting if i could somehow defend the pox and to claim that critic of the pox have get it all wrong but i do not know how i would go about do that .