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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [2003]
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [2003]
Stephen Norrington
Action / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
OR
Starring:
Sean Connery, Stuart Townsend, et al.
Director:
Stephen Norrington,
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank (DVD):
10
Edition Details:
• Region 2 encoding
(Europe, Middle East & Japan only)
• PAL, Widescreen
Review
Amazon.co.uk Review
The heroes of 1899 are brought to life with the help of some expensive special effects in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. From the pages of Victorian literature come Captain Nemo, Dr Jekyll (and his alter ego Mr Hyde), Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, the Invisible Man, Mina Harker (from Dracula), and the hunter Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery), all assembled to combat an evil megalomaniac out to conquer the world. It's hardly an original plot, but perhaps that's fitting for a movie sewn together like Frankenstein's monster. It rushes from one frenetic battle to another, replacing sense with spectacle--Nemo's submarine rising from the water, a warehouse full of zeppelins bursting into flame, Venice collapsing into its own canals. It's flashy, dumb, and completely incoherent. Fans of the original comic book will be disappointed.
Synopsis
Set in Victorian England, this is the story of a collection of characters from several literary classics who have been summoned together by Queen Victoria. The collective includes Alan Quatermain from 'King Solomon's Mines' by H. Rider Haggard, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture Of Dorian Gray', and 'Captain Nemo' from Jules Verne's '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea'. The characters must combine their talents to save the world.
