Leaque of Extraordinary Gentlemen

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WIDTH="575" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="575"><div> <B>Director</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="575"><div> Stephen Norrington</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="575"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="575" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="575"><div> <B>Starring</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="579" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="575"><div>  Sean Connery</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="575"><div> Naseeruddin Shah</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="575"><div>  Peta Wilson</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="575"><div> Tony Curran</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="575"><div> Stuart Townsend</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="575"><div>  Shane West</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Usually, when a film is plagued by massive production productions, conflicts between the cast and the director, on the scale of World War III, and other headaches, one expects the worst when the results are finally on the screen. Such were the grim stories during the shooting of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," where reportedly things got so bad between Sean Connery and director Steven Norrington that they hated each other intensely and weren't even on speaking terms. Norrington has a reputation of being  such a jerk that he was fired during post-production of his previous film "Blade." All this, needless to say, makes it pretty difficult to make a film. Add to that, the rumors now circulating around Hollywood that Norrington was such a royal pain that LXG could be his last job for a major film studio (which is  pretty amazing, considering all the other royal pains populating Hollywood).</div> <bR> <div> Therefore, it's a genuine surprise that the CGI effects laden "Gentlemen" turns out to be a slick, rollicking, fast paced fun ride, with no obvious signs of its painful past. Based on the popular comic book, the film is a sort of early Victorian version of X-Men. Featuring fantastic literary creations from early sci-fi and mystery classics, such as H.G. Wells' Invisible Man, Oscar Wilde's Dorian Grey, Jules Verne's Captain Nemo, and Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, among others, the group is led by Alan Quatermain (Connery). Quatermain is a prototype hybrid of James Bond and Indiana Jones. These denizens are bought together to stop a madman's plans for world domination, to be achieved with his special weapons of mass destruction (shades of Dubya).</div> <bR> <div> The film moves at a breathless clip, has the smarts not to take itself too seriously and is just campy enough without going over the top. Though the main characters are given just barely a modicum of development, with Mr., Hyde as the pained, tortured soul of the group, their energy and exuberance are engaging compared to the solemn angst of the Hulk or the sterile vapid nature of the Matrix characters. In spite of the ceaseless razzle-dazzle special effects and relentless action, perhaps the most impressive things about "Gentlemen" is the 73 year old Connery, who fights, sprints and shoots with deadly aim and an unexpected grace and genuine good humor.  </div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="681" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="677"><div> PG-13 for intense sequences of fantasy violence</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="677"><div> Sergio Mims© 2003</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="677"><div> <A HREF="blackstarline@yahoo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="blackstarline@yahoo.com"><U><U>blackstarline@yahoo.com</U></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>