A nice twist on the legend, and Crowe does a pretty good job, making the hero a bit grittier than previously. Mark Strong plays the villain with relish and Cate Blanchett does well as Lady Marion, although wearing a suit of armour was a bit ridiculous. Have you ever worn a chain mail shirt? It's heavy stuff!
Ironclad I've blogged about before. It's a good pizza movie, with, as expected, a lot of fettlin'. Purefoy is good and Giamatti really enjoys himself as King John, but I don't think a Templar would have given up his vows so easily. Religion was a serious thing back then. Still, although practically everyone gets killed, he gets a decent girlfriend out of it.
Raging Phoenix is a good, old fashioned, chop-socky Thai martial arts film.
Girl meets Boy; Girl helps Boy rescue long lost love from hands of criminal gang; Girl loses Boy at hands of serious martial arts villain; Girl beats living crap out of said villain (and it's a girl fight). What's not to love? The only thing that put me off a bit was the heroine's incredibly squeaky voice, but the fights are pretty good. Buy it for your Mum for Christmas!
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