Attila (2001)
Genre: War / Drama
Duration:
177 minuten (mini series, 2 parts)
Alternative title: Attila the Hun
Country:
United States / Lithuania
Directed by: Dick Lowry
Stars: Gerard Butler, Powers Boothe and Simmone Mackinnon
IMDb score:
6,6 (11.466)
Releasedate: 30 January 2001
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Reviews & comments
moviemafketel
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- 19752 messages
- 2118 votes
It's a shame that apparently there wasn't enough budget to really make a spectacle of this. Now it was a cheap mix of the Rome series on the one hand and Braveheart on the other. The script wasn't bad at all. Intrigues, lust for power, romances, battles. Butler acts to the best of his ability. Boothe is also the ideal badguy to play the general. Incidentally, I was not really able to choose a side between the Huns and the Romans.
The Romans who see their built empire slowly pulverized and the Huns who slaughter defenseless peasants like beasts. The film looks reasonably away, but nowhere does it get that epic touch. There was also some prudishness with the female nude. There simply wasn't!
The music was nothing special. No, this really could have been something for me, because these kinds of history stories usually suit me. Now it hangs on average.
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Hega
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- 40 messages
- 1333 votes
While every bit of film connoisseur is still baffled by Gladiator, Atilla seems completely overlooked. Okay the battles are perhaps less impressive and a number of sets don't seem completely believable either. Yet; there is still so much left that makes Atilla enjoy for more than 3 hours. The actors are formidable (Gerard Butler especially portrays Atilla very believable and even serious), the story is captivating, the dialogues are very strong, the filming locations are generally very beautiful (especially when Atilla is received in Rome). And historically, Atilla is a lot more correct than Gladiator. A very nice six-part TV series by Atilla has also recently appeared. And as far as I'm concerned, worth repeating, since little seems to be known about this beautiful film. Hopefully one day a film will be made about this beautiful history of the Huns in their fight against the Romans
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Sergio Leone
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- 4431 messages
- 3111 votes
Solid.
Fairly heavy at times, not in terms of content but because it threatens to get to the boring side every now and then. The relationship between Attila and Flavius keeps the film afloat in difficult moments.
This is of course also thanks to the acting of Gerard Butler and especially Powers Boothe, whose character head has much more to tell than that of Butler.
The only thing lacking here is budget. It creates a somewhat stage-like vibe. This is especially the case with the fights. With a higher production value, it would all have been visually appealing as well. Now it is a bit poor in that area and that is quite a pity.
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