The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

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	Year of first release: 2003
	Director: Stephen Norrington (Blade)
	Actors: Sean Connery (Goldfinger, Highlander, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), Stuart Townsend, Peta Wilson (Superman returns), Jason Flemyng (Snatch, X-men First Class)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action, Adventure
	Conditions of visioning: 28.11.2012, SD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: End of the 19th Century. While Europe is on the brink of war, the hero Allan Quatermain (Connery) is called back from Africa to lead a group of rather extraordinary characters in defeating the evil plot of the Baron.
Review: I haven't read the comics by Alan Moore (who also did Watchmen) from which the film is adapted, but I guess that the best ideas come directly from it: characters, vehicles, uchronical story. I think the movie didn't have a big success at its time, but it is actually not that bad. I noticed the influence from The Lord of the Rings (released two years earlier) in the aeriel shots. There are also some common grounds with future movies: Captain America, Sherlock Holmes 2 for the story and 19th century pre-war setting, The Hulk for the ressemblance with Mr Hyde. The rest of the movie is quite classical.
Rating: 6 /10