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League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen

(3,713)IMDb 5.81 h 50 min2003X-RayPG-13

In an alternate turn-of-the-previous-century fictional reality, Queen Victoria assembles some of the greatest criminal legends of the time to team up for a secret mission.

Directors: Stephen Norrington

Starring: Sean Connery Shane West Peta Wilson

Genres: Action

Subtitles: English [CC]

Audio languages: English

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Studio: 20th Century Fox

Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)

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“Bomb voyage.”

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2018

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Famous literary characters serve as superheroes of a sort in this steampunk thriller. A sneaky terrorist calling himself THE Fantom, seeks to disrupt the balance of power in the world, so he might profit from the ensuing chaos. Instead of striking fear, the phony Fantom simply annoys The League, and now they have a mission―to stop the freak at all costs. But. (Almost a surprise.) It turns out that he is not a freak and not everyone is as they claim to be.
An interesting premise posing as a futuristic period piece. I bought it because it features the indomitable Sean Connery. Otherwise, it’s just a lot of rushing around, a great deal of novelty, and very little substance. None of the actors are given much to do. Most of them didn’t appear to be enjoying themselves, regardless.
Still.
I like it for all its numerous flaws and foibles. It’s crap. But it’s fancy crap.

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Group of heroes from 19th Cent literature are assembled to save the world

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2020

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was based upon a comic book of the same name. It took an interesting take on the superhero genre. It’s heroes came from the works of the turn of the century literature. Sean Connery was Allen Quartermain from King Solomon’s Mines. Naseeruddin Shah was Captain Nemo from Jules Verne’s work. Peta Wilson was Mina Harker a female vampire from Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Tony Curran was Rodney Skinner who was the invisible man originally written about by H.G. Wells. Stuart Townsend was Dorian Gray created by Oscar Wilde. Shane West was Tom Sawyer from Mark Twain’s novels. Finally Jason Flemyng was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde who appeared in a Robert Louis Stevenson book. They face off against the Fantom (Richard Roxburgh) who is creating modern weapons like machine guns, tanks, etc. to start a war he hoped to profit from. That’s foreshadowing the horrors of World War I. He actually turns out to be another villain from a well known writer. M, from the James Bond films brings the heroes together to counter the Fantom, but they turn out to be betrayed in a devilish plot.

The movie is an action story so there’s chases and shootings, etc. Quartermain and Sawyer for example have to hunt down Mr. Hyde in Paris. There were enough twists to keep the plot interesting as well so it didn’t become just one fight sequence after another. Who the Fantom turned out to be was a surprise and another play with literature.

Overall, I saw this film when it first came out in a movie theater and greatly enjoyed it and it still hasn’t gotten old.

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John W. Ross

Neat looking but grows tiresome by the end.

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2017

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It's a shame this movie is so boring because while you're watching it, you feel like it shouldn't be. For starters, this movie is really neat to look at. The director Stephen Norrington is a great visual stylist. The action sequences--on a purely visual level--are exciting and dynamic.

So what went wrong? First off, I would say the lead performance by Sean Connery is a definite liability. It is the very definition of a phoned in performance. He looks bored. For example, in his introductory action sequence, pretty much all of his friends in Africa get killed but he just goes on making quips like it's no big deal. Beyond Connery, Peta Wilson is the only actor who seems to be having any fun.

The other big problem is that the script is so lame-brained. Like I said, the action sequences are visually exciting, but because the stakes are never very clear going into them, they end up feeling like a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing. For example, in their first encounter with The Phantom in the library at Dorian's house, they fight with the Phantom's henchmen and he escapes. But then later we learn that [SPOILER ALERT] M is the Phantom and that M is trying to steal their abilities. So why the hell was the Phantom trying to kill them in the library?! It's a neat looking action scene, but ultimately pointless. Similarly, the mid-point action sequence in the Venice canals is wonderful to look at, but the physics of it make absolutely no sense. Apparently, the buildings are falling like dominoes and if they destroy a building in the middle of the city, they can stop the chain of destruction, but based on the level of destruction onscreen, you get the sense that almost the entire city is destroyed by the end of it. Then when Sean Connery confronts the villain afterwards, he says, "Venice still stands." No it doesn't! Finally, the last action sequence has no narrative structure at all. We have no idea what they're planning to accomplish or how, they just go into the enemy base and violence erupts. Then the place blows up thanks to the Invisible Man who secret placed bombs all over the complex. Great, so why did the other league members even need to go in there with him?

Lastly--and this is a big problem with movies about superhero "teams"--there are too many characters vying for the writers' attention for any one character to be adequately developed. Not that this movie doesn't give a valiant effort--there are several scenes dedicated to generating chemistry between the various characters in the league, but they feel stale because the characters pretty much only communicate in quips and cliches. Furthermore, the interplay between the league members never pays off. It doesn't nothing to raise the stakes as the movie goes on. Whatever relationships were established get tossed out the window by the end, which, as I mentioned, is just a lot of pointless, confusing action.

Bottom line, I loved this movie's visuals enough to overlook the boring, cliche script and cheesy dialogue. Watch it for the expertly filmed action sequences and nifty atmosphere. Just prepare to be emotionally detached from whatever's going on.

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badchessplayer

dont waste your time

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2020

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I can't believe they got Sean Connery to act in this piece of crap... Here's the breakdown:
Geriatric hunter leads a team comprised of d-rated hulk, invisible sexually frustrated Irishman, ageless narcissist, token female target of sexism, trigger happy American child, and a Sikh with a pretty submarine. They chase the worst terrorist ever, who literally hired the team that caught and killed him. To top it off, the movie ends with a fantastically stereotypical African Shaman, that just screams ignorance and racism, doing some sort of ritual to bring Connery back from the grave. Thanks to whoever decided to leave him dead and not make a follow up movie.

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Christopher Hausmann

Not my favorite but good movie

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2018

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Had to have it in my collection! The star subtraction if for Amazon not the movie!!!I just wish that Amazine would let me custom arrange my Video Library instead of only offering by date purchased or alphabetical order. I would prefer to arrange by genre, episode, number in franchise so that I could group my movies together instead of having a hodge podge to sort through!

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Scotamazon

Love it watched it many times and still like it

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2017

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Not sure why this got such bad ratings, I really like it, good mix of action and humour. Good characters and pretty good acting, sometimes a little over campy but I think that was planned to be not so serious. They should have made a sequel in my opinion but maybe getting that cast back together would not be easy

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Daniel

Trotz schlechter Kritiken für mich sehr gut.

Reviewed in Germany on January 23, 2019

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Trotz schelchter Kritiken finde ich den Film klasse - die Idee, die Zusammenstellung der Charaktere und die Umsetzung. Natürlich ist er an vielen Stellen übertrieben und an den Haaren herbeigezogen, aber mir gefällt er sehr gut.

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judith

Take it as it comes . . .

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2015

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This is an absolutely crazy movie. It's adapted from a comic book series. It manages to send up both high class English literature and the action movie genre, two things I never imagined could be put together. I was absolutely delighted by this unimaginable amalgam, and some images have really stuck with me. Not much intellectual depth here, in the presentation, but I was very impressed by the sheer playfulness of the people who put it together. And, although my mate noted that some of the "historical lit" characters are totally misrepresented, I found myself wanting to read the originals just to see how they had been played with. If you're into "highbrow crit", you'll probably hate this film. If you're into "ludic crit", you'll really enjoy it.

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s.fallout

BEHAVE CONNERY....YOU'RE PUSHING 1OO

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2015

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The film looks nice enough in widescreen,
but sometimes i can't believe this is from
the guy who directed 'Blade'.I think some of
you will have heard of said movie. It can at times
look fantastic,but then they start talking and
everything gets clunky & jars.The Invisible Man
is seriously beyond a joke #*#*##* clown shoes.
Still,some parts are pretty exciting and for a dvd still
in the cellophane at not much over a quid i was happy.
The film is r1 and a pg13,it is sort of violent.5* or 5usa
show it sometimes in the afternoon...my thinking is
it ain't this version. Great service also.
The girl rocks......i hate that word.

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Phil

Enjoyable fun

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2020

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Sean Connery is at his best as Allen Quartermaine, recruited to save the would with some unlikely misfits to stop an ego manic.

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Perceptive Reader

Blasphemously entertaining?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 8, 2012

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Yes, I admit that the film took "unspeakable" liberties with the classic creation of Alan Moore, and completely lost the plot at times. But, in terms of being able to make an evening enjoyable by providing unalloyed "old boys' adventure"-kind of fun (something that had been the original aim of the penny dreadfuls being published in the late-Victorian England, and which had propelled Moore in creating his series), the film succeeds. Heck, it even makes me wish for a sequel. Perhaps all these statements are equivalent to creating unpardonable crimes in the eyes of the critics, but I HAD a nice evening watching this movie. Once you have checked that popcorn & soda are stocked and the evening is free, this movie can be IT. Recommended FOR SUCH EVENINGS.

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