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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. --Bret Fetzer
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Rated: 12 - Contains moderate violence and horror
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun popcorn flick that could have been better,
By Darren Harrison "DVD collector and reviewer" (Washington D.C.) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [2003] [DVD] (DVD)
Quite unfairly drubbed by the critics upon its release and ignored by film audiences for the likes of X2. Matrix 2 and HULK was this entertaining action movie that slipped in and out of theaters almost unnoticed in the summer of 2003. Taking its basis from the well known graphic novel of the same name this movie has a fascinating premise. What if the characters of Victorian literature were actually real people? What if technology that we take for granted now was suddenly thrust upon a world before their time. Thus, we have a bank robbery at the turn of the 20th century involving a tank. Machine gun toting villains tearing up an African country club. An automobile chasing through the streets of Europe and Jules Verne's Capt. Nemo (this time portrayed correctly as an Indian prince as he was in the novel) transporting our team of heroes in the submarine Nautilus. Leading the group though is H. Rider Haggard's adventurer Allan Quatermain (played with spirit and gusto by Sean Connery). Also included among the ragtag group are the likes of the Invisible Man, Tom Sawyer (an addition to the cast of characters no doubt in an effort to help the movie sell to an American audience) and Dorian Gray. The team must race across the continent of Europe in an effort to defuse what is fast turning into a growing conflict between the Great Powers. The villain (the Fantom) has designs on making a boatload of money selling high-tech weapons (by 19th century standards) to the competing nations - or is he...there is a surprising twist to the story that eluded me until I checked out the special features. The narrative to this movie does seem a little muddled and at times it all appears a little too top-heavy with heroes. But if you take LXG (as it was called by Fox marketing) as a fun loving light hearted action adventure, and don't try and think it through too hard, then the movie can promise an entertaining evening. What this movie does provide is some great action scenes, an ingenious premise and Sean Connery. It's not as bad as some would have you believe, but it's also not as good as it should have been.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Extraordinary entertaining extravaganza.,
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This review is from: The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - 2 disc Special Edition [DVD] [2003] (DVD)
An entertaining romp that is well worth the cost of the DVD. It is well scripted, well acted and with good special effects. The Nautilus is amazing and it is extraordinary how realistic the shots of it at sea seem. The submarine could (almost) be a real boat in a real sea, rather than a special effect.The title of this film is misleading, one of the main protagonists is Mina Harker, who is most certainly no gentleman. That is a minor quibble in a film which is a most entertaining romp with a twist in its tale that is very well hidden. The cast work as an ensemble and they carry the story along with verve and panache and the result is well worth watching.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THIS IS AFRICA DEAR BOY, SWEAT IS WHAT WE DO.,
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This review is from: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [2003] [DVD] (DVD)
So what is all the fuss about, who cares about what date tanks and helmets were issued. I have never read the much lauded comics and I don`t care about how close to the story the film is. IT IS NOT REAL, IT`S ONLY A STORY. I thought the film was extremely entertaining, funny in parts and packed full of Saturday matinee fun. How anybody can get irate over such a nonsensical film is beyond me, sit back and watch the terrific acting talents of the cast and realise that they were having fun making a movie that in its shear preposterousness is brilliant.
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