Visually and dramatically it works well - it's Shakespeare by way of "Black Hawk Down" - but as an allegory of modern-day geopolitics it doesn't really go anywhere.
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This review of Coriolanus (2011) was written by J.r. Jones and published by Chicago Reader on 02 Feb 2012.
Coriolanus has generally received positive reviews.
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