Review of Alexander (1996) by James M — 19 Apr 2013
This is an insult to Alexander the Great. An overlong, miscast mess which, considering the source material, should have been an awful lot better. This is just plain awful.
Alexander The Great was Macedonian, but Colin Farrell plays him as if he's just stumbled out of a Dublin bar, Angelina Jolie sounds more like Princess Dracula and Val Kilmer is also quite terrible. The best actors are probably the horses.
There was enough potential in the history and legend of the character to make this a good movie, but it almost sent me to sleep a few times and when I closed my eyes it sounded like a fight on St. Patrick's Day.
The fact that Troy is better than this mulch is bad enough. This is a pathetic excuse for a movie.
This review of Alexander (1996) was written by James M on 19 Apr 2013.
Alexander has generally received mixed reviews.
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