FROM THE BACK OF THE BOX:
King Henry II tests the loyalty and honor of his son Richard sending him to a hellish prison. In prison Richard must fight against adversaries representing the virtues of a knight.
FROM THE BACK OF MY BRAIN:
“Richard: The Lionheart” looks like it was shot inside someone’s butt. The movie is aggressively dark and lacks definition in every sense of the word. Taking a smattering of British history and then dressing it up as a Medieval throw down, the film actually makes one dumber. Nothing of any importance happens. Add onto that, the general sense that the film seems like it was shot to be deposited inside of a RedBox machine and forgotten for all times. I thought the death of Blockbuster was going to end this trend of disposable cinema.
Malcolm McDowell deserves better than this. New generations shouldn’t have to be introduced to Mr. McDowell via cellphone commercials. But, I guess that’s just the greater commentary on our society. Old people only have a sense of history and relevance in direction connection to how the youth experiences them. If that’s the case, then they’re never going to watch anything that McDowell ever does again. Being an old prude, I’ll set back with my soon to arrive autographed copy of “Royal Flash”. Since that’s the best thing I can say in tangential reference to this movie, I’ll end there.
The DVD comes with a Digital Copy, featurettes and trailer gallery. The Dolby track holds up for when it actually is deployed. Plus, the less said about the transfer the better. I know that I’m becoming a snob about standard definition, but this might be the ugliest looking DVD of the year. In the end, I can only recommend a rental to the morbidly curious.
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