Sheesh save yourself the R10 and give this one a miss. This movie is quite simply an arrogant masturbation by director Oliver Stone. Every scene has been cut twice as long as is necessitated by the plot, which is at best sketchy (it’s more a series of short stories).

What makes this even more of a travesty is that the film actually has a lot of potential, it could have been a great 90-minutes, but at twice the length you’ll find your self checking your watch at regular intervals. The fight scenes are epic, and the birds-eye view of the battle for Babylon is outstanding. I also thought that the acting was convincing except for the glaring fact that a group of Irish actors, with accents to fit, have been used instead of Greeks. Is this some historical fact that I, in my ignorance, have missed?

Fortune favors the bored…!