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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

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Reviews Counted:167

Fresh:27

Rotten:140

Average Rating:4/10

Consensus: Just ordinary. LXG is a great premise ruined by poor execution.

Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

US Box Office: $66,327,144

Synopsis: Sean Connery stars as Allan Quatermain, the world's greatest adventurer, who leads a legion of superheroes the likes of which the world has never seen, in THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY... Sean Connery stars as Allan Quatermain, the world's greatest adventurer, who leads a legion of superheroes the likes of which the world has never seen, in THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN. Quatermain's extraordinary League is comprised of Captain Nemo (Naseeruddin Shah), Dracula vampiress Mina Harker (Peta Wilson), an invisible man Rodney Skinner (Tony Curran), American secret service agent Sawyer (Shane West), Dorian Gray (Stuart Townsend), and Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (Jason Flemyng). Richard Roxburgh ("Moulin Rouge") plays the League's enigmatic recruiter, M. The League members are staunch individualists, outcasts in fact, with checkered pasts and singular gifts that have been both blessing and curse. Now they must learn to trust each other and work as a team for the very hope of civilization. With little preparation and no time to lose, they will be transported via Captain Nemo's extraordinary submarine, the Nautilus, to the frontline of defense: Venice, Italy. There, a masked madman known as the Fantom plans to sabotage a conference of world leaders by setting off a domino chain of explosions, sinking the entire city. The threat is catastrophic, the risks are staggering. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has 9 hours to save the world. Based on the acclaimed comic books by Alan Moore ("From Hell") and Kevin O'Neill, the film is directed by Stephen Norrington ("Blade") from a screenplay by James Dale Robinson. Don Murphy ("From Hell", "Natural Born Killers") and Trevor Albert ("Groundhog Day", "Bedazzled") are the producers, and Sean Connery and Mark Gordon ("Saving Private Ryan") are executive producers. The co-producer is Michael Nelson. Principal photography on the 20-week shoot occurred almost entirely in Prague, with additional shooting in Malta and Los Angeles. [More]

Starring: Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Shane West

Starring: Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Shane West, Stuart Townsend, Jason Flemyng, Tony Curran

Director: Stephen Norrington

Director: Stephen Norrington
Screenwriter: James Dale Robinson
Producer: Don Murphy
Composer: Trevor Jones
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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07/16/03
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04/29/09
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08/07/08
Mark Halverson
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
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A stiff.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/26/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

So little of real consequence is at stake that you'll have plenty of time to notice how the names on not one but two tombstones are misspelled.

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03/01/07
Daniel Eagan
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International

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12/30/06
Danny Graydon
Danny Graydon
Empire Magazine
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... the effects and sets are marvellously fantastical and there are one or two neat comical allusions to the heroes' literary roots. But where's the excitement, the thrills, the tension, the style?

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

The problem with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is the filmmakers tried to give everyone a main storyline and ended up diluting everything.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
Film Threat

The League is a project that was doomed from the moment the studio threw out Alan Moore comic and decided that they knew better.

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03/05/05
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
NYC Film Critic

Quelques moments sont légèrement mieux et même intéressants, mais dans l’ensemble, vous allez complètement gaspiller votre argent et votre temps avec ce film.

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12/17/04
Louis-Jérôme Cloutier
Louis-Jérôme Cloutier
Panorama

Just don't think too much between the super battles. This is, after all, very comic book.

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10/15/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

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10/07/04
Tony Medley
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

[Director] Norrington has spent too much effort trying to include too much of the comic book.

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09/20/04
Mark Collette
Mark Collette
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

If you stripped this film of its effects, not even the platform would remain. Unplug the computer and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen disappears.

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07/06/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

No, no, no, and, a thousand times, no.

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05/16/04
Martin Scribbs
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02/12/04
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

League ... isn’t a great movie, but it provides more fun that a lot of the other mediocre superhero movies ...

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment Comment
02/08/04
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly
 
 
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