Stars: Stan Longinidis, Mark Read

Director: Salik Silverstein

Summary: The exploits of two cousins as they try avoid being killed by the mob, while at the same time preventing the mob leader's greatest ever heist.

Described as Melbourne's answer to LOCK STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS, this action-comedy is an hilarious tongue-in-cheek kick-boxing crime caper. Starring Stan Longinidis, a martial arts star in his first major role, this fighting-fit film packs a punch with pretty girls and guns and hammy hardmen.

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There are many reasons to recommend Troyas a good ol' fashioned Hollywood epic, especially if you've never read Homer's The Iliad. Dispensing with Greek gods altogether, this earnestly massive production (budgeted at upwards of $200 million) will surely offend historians and devoted students of the classics. But there's politics aplenty in the grand-scale war that erupts when Trojan prince Paris (Orlando Bloom) makes off with Helen (blandly beautiful German model Diane Kruger), wife of Spartan ruler Menelaus (Brendan Gleeson), whose brother, the Greek king Agamemnon (Brian Cox) prods him into enraged retaliation. Greek warrior Achilles (Brad Pitt) brings lethal force to his battles (and there are many of them, mostly impressive), and his Trojan counterpart, Paris's brother Hector (Eric Bana), adds even more buffed-up beefcake to a film so chock-full o' hunks that there's barely room for Peter O'Toole (doing fine work as Trojan king Priam) and even less for Julie Christie, appearing ever-so-briefly as Achilles's melancholy mother. The drama is nearly as arid as the sun-baked locations (Mexico and Malta) that stand in for the Aegean coast, and many critics suggested that Pitt (who valiantly tries to give Achilles some tormented dimension) was simply miscast. But when you consider that Wolfgang Petersen also made The Perfect Storm, there's nothing wrong with enjoying Troyas a semi-guilty pleasure with a touch of ancient class. --Jeff Shannon

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 0
Year:	2002
Release Date:	January 19, 2004
Runtime:	98 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	F M D V 1152
Keywords:	Action, Comedy, General, Warrior, Trojan, Adventure
Genre:	Action/Adventure