the story of macbeth be one of the most successful shakespeare ever write . this may be due to some feature that place it close to the slasher genre and murder and murder and kill and kill and gallon of blood and a tense sexual relation between the main character etc . more than this and the original play be very appeal take into consideration the length ( it only half the size of hamlet ) and the focus on macbeth for whom we be constrain to care in spite of his bloody nature . the play would seem ideal to base a movie on . not so lengthy it give the director the possibility to explore it many level and a good actor can play the role of his lifetime and the film have deep meaning in any historical period . unfortunately this have not be the case with macbeth . polanski version come quite close but it insist too much on the medieval period . welles film be too personal and with an interesting twist towards totalitarianism and the 1990 or so tv version be too shallow . this 2006 movie be no exception . it be very far from a shakespeare film and but it be interest to see how the director understand the story and where he place it in contemporary life . no knight in shiny armor but gangster in shiny car . a lot of drug and trippy music replace the dread of night in the original play . the idea of macbeth be so simple that to take and implant it in modern day life doesn not need shakespeare at all . the bad part in the film be the line . most of the poignant scene of the play and such a the dagger scene be trim so much they seem pointless . replace the knock in the door with doorbell and horse with car seem funny . if they want to make a movie about power and it temptation they could have do it easily without shakespeare . this macbeth seem to be a looser with a brain injury not a valiant warrior and brave and ambitious that want power so much he be prepared to to kill and who get catch up in a net of fear and despair . the movie doesn not make clear what drive lady macbeth to madness and it doesn not give a reason why some of the character should fear macbeth and his terror ( since there be no hereditary ascension to the throne and what with no throne and all ) and it place macbeth in an awkward position and since the leadership of a gang be a far from kingship a this whole movie be far from any shakespeare . in conclusion and we have two superimpose idea that never quite meet make this a film that ultimately pointless . stand not upon the order of your go but go .