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  • Actors: Sean Connery|Stuart Townsend|Shane West
  • Directors: Stephen Norrington
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English, German, Italian
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 16 Feb 2004
  • Run Time: 106 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (96 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00008KDI5
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,999 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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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A hunter, a scientist, a vampire, an invisible man, an immortal, a spy, a beast... When a masked madman known as The Fantom threatens to launch global Armageddon, legendary adventurer Allan Quatermain commands a legion of superheroes, the likes of which mankind has never seen. Now, despite fighting their own personal demons - and each other - they must join forces to save the world. Sean Connery leads a stellar cast in this breathtaking, "spectacular fantasy" (Starburst) extravaganza loaded with "stunning special effects" (Daily Express).
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable family film, 8 Oct 2009
By Susan Belcher "Su B" (St Helens, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - 2 disc Special Edition [DVD] [2003] (DVD)
I had never read the "comic" books that the film is based on, so I came to the film with no preconceptions, and I enjoyed it for what it is - a family orientated adventure film.

We open with the dark cobbled streets of London in 1899 and a strange, never seen before, metal vehicle (we know to be a tank) is rolling through the streets and heading straight into the Bank of England, where a German scientist is kidnapped.

We move to Kenya, June 1899, where a man comes in search of the legendary hero Allan Quartermain. Except Quatermain (Sean Connery) is now jaded by his experiences and until attacked he wants nothing to do with the problems of the empire - only then does he agree to return once more to save the world.

July 1899 Quatermain arrives in London and is introduced to "M" (Richard Roxburgh - Van Helsing (Two Disc Collector's Edition) [DVD] [2004])) who explains that the villain of the peace is a man known as the "Fantom", and that over the centuries there have been groups of chosen men with special attributes who were known as "The League of Extra Ordinary Gentlemen" or "The League".

This League will be Quatermain, Captain Nemo (Naseeruddin Shah), Rodney Skinner aka the Invisible Man (Tony Curran - Underworld - Evolution [DVD] [2006]), Mina Harker (Peta Wilson), Dorian Gray (Stuart Townsend), Dr Jekyll / Mr Hyde - Jason Flemyng - The Quatermass Experiment [DVD] [2005]) and Agent Tom Sawyer (Shane West).

This film was going to divide people into those that know the graphic novels and those that don't know them at all. Since I don't know them I have nothing that I can complain about - I enjoyed them. The film not only suffered because of the link to the graphic novels, but because it's release coincided with the release of Van Helsing - even the DVD was released at the same time.

What I love are the references to the older books, such as Moby Dick, Around the World in 80 Days, etc. There are also hints as to who the baddy is very early on in the film. I also like the fact that the Mr Hyde character was not created by the use of CGI but the old fashion way - using makeup.

Interestingly, Roxburgh appeared in both films, and moved between the sets, which were being filmed only a short distance apart.

With the two disc special edition includes audio commentaries from actors and directors, and director and actors; featurettes on the making of; deleted and extended scenes; and trailers and TV spots.

It is an enjoyable way to spend an afternoon with the family.
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19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun popcorn flick that could have been better, 21 Nov 2004
By Darren Harrison "DVD collector and reviewer" (Washington D.C.) - See all my reviews
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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.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Lay back, suspend your disbelief and enjoy, 23 Oct 2004
By Elise (Southend on Sea, UK) - See all my reviews
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I really like the premise behind this film, even though it's nonsense. All of the characters of literature (in this case nineteenth century novels) are real, so when you want a team of crack troops with some special abilities raid the books of Haggard, Stoker, Wilde, Verne, Stephenson, Wells and Twain. The original idea I gather was in the form of a graphic novel, but it is an obvious one to transfer to screen, and really if you are going to have an action film with an older hero, who better than Sean Connery?

Try it, it's preposterous, but very good, and it might bring some people to the more accessible classics of literature who would never have otherwise thought of it. That must be a result!

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This must surely rank as one of the most pathetically apallingly boringly crass movies known to man.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable film
I remember being interested in this film when it first came out, so i hired it. We loved it so much that in the week we had it, we watched it every day at some point. Read more
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