so it might not be entirely historically accurate . and there be little or no real character development . but for jake ( son of ridley ) scott first attempt and it well worth the ticket price . captain james macleane ( jonny lee miller look as good a ever ) may be a gentleman and but he hasn not get the money or the clothes to prove it . plunkett ( robert carlyle with all his clothes on ) be an apothecary turn outlaw . the circumstance of their strange meeting involve a dead body and a ruby and and eventually a partnership a the gentleman highwayman . a the tag line say and they rob the rich . and that it . there isn not really much background and or even in depth development and but the object seem to be to relieve the aristocracy of enough money and jewel to pay for the two highwayman passage to america . one small problem represent macleane fall in love . with the chief justice ward and rebecca ( liv tyler ) . who happen to also have catch the eye of the thief taker general . the plot be original enough and the casting be excellent ( especially alan cumming a the drag queenish lord rochester and carlyle and miller also together in trainspotting and they haven not lose their dynamic ) and the costuming be fantastic and the makeup be outrageous and and the music be hard edge techno with a strangely classical undertone . jake scott have an eye for light and shadow and a good sense of balance between spectacle and plot and and he isn not squeamish about show the more unpleasant side of 17th century london . and lucky for u and he like close ups of face and especially eye . jonny lee miller eye . and liv tyler and too and but hey and who be this movie about . rebecca . no . plunkett and macleane . but there more to this movie than just pretty face . at the risk of sound cliche and it a fast and furious and and sometimes frustrating ride with the most noble highwayman since robin hood . decadent and sleazy and and violent and scott debut film make for an entertaining evening at the movie . a macleane say and i be terrific and and it be a bloody good laugh .