Isabelle Adjani really stole the limelight here with her incredible talent and beauty. I was utterly floored when I saw that luminous glow on her face which resembles a true goddess. Her mixed parentage of Jewish and German roots certainly helped in a way. Vincent Perez was perfect as the suave handsome lover of Margot, and so were the rest of the cast which include the kings and future kings on both sides.
The story didn't have a strong outline and was rather weak but overall the acting pulled it off. There was much gore with swords slashing and piercing through human flesh, bodies all piled up along the streets and blood was seen streaming out from cut wounds freely. There was a scene when a man's neck was slashed and the flesh just tore apart revealing everything inside with blood splattered all over. Nude bodies are a free sight in this film and we get to see heads that are detached from the carcasses. No wonder this movie was banned here in Asia and got an R rating for US audience. It's amazing that Spain rated this film at 13 as i seriously doubt this movie should even be suitable to be watched by kids of age 15 and below.
Did I mention this movie got a lot of nudes on offer? Yes, we get to see both Vincent and Isabelle baring it all too in the show, especially the former. And I really mean "ALL". Kudos to Vincent who really have the guts to bare it all in two separate scenes. Salute those frenchies.
Overall a good watch and worthy of recommendation, with young teenage kids and extremists in Catholic/Prostestants preachings an exception.
The story didn't have a strong outline and was rather weak but overall the acting pulled it off. There was much gore with swords slashing and piercing through human flesh, bodies all piled up along the streets and blood was seen streaming out from cut wounds freely. There was a scene when a man's neck was slashed and the flesh just tore apart revealing everything inside with blood splattered all over. Nude bodies are a free sight in this film and we get to see heads that are detached from the carcasses. No wonder this movie was banned here in Asia and got an R rating for US audience. It's amazing that Spain rated this film at 13 as i seriously doubt this movie should even be suitable to be watched by kids of age 15 and below.
Did I mention this movie got a lot of nudes on offer? Yes, we get to see both Vincent and Isabelle baring it all too in the show, especially the former. And I really mean "ALL". Kudos to Vincent who really have the guts to bare it all in two separate scenes. Salute those frenchies.
Overall a good watch and worthy of recommendation, with young teenage kids and extremists in Catholic/Prostestants preachings an exception.