films, there’s an attempt to ram
a political message down our
throats. In his under-rated 2011
Roman era drama The Eagle, he
managed to subtly comment on
modern American intervention
in the Middle East by casting
unaccented American actors as
the Roman soldiers, but usually
his political grandstanding is far
broader, as is the case here, with
Law making several speeches on
the tired old theme of the working class being screwed over by
those in power. There’s something hypocritical about the socialist message here, though, as
while Robinson may be splitting
the gold equally between the
men, he’s still obsessed with becoming rich.
Thankfully, the confused political message doesn’t slow down
what is an enjoyable, old school
genre piece, elevated by a fantastically assembled cast of international character actors.
3.5 out of 5
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