Plunkett & Macleane Movie Review
Plunkett & Macleane Review
"Plunkett & Macleane" Overview
Rating: R
1999
Cast and Crew
Director : Jake ScottProducer : Tim Bevan,Eric Fellner,Rupert Harvey
Screenwiter : Robert Wade,Neal Purvis,Charles McKeown
Starring : Jonny Lee Miller,Iain Robertson,Robert Carlyle,Ken Stott,Tommy Flanagan,Stephen Walters,Terence Rigby,Neve McIntosh,Matt Lucas,David Foxxe,Jake Gavin,Alexander Armstrong,Ben Miller,Alan Cumming,Michael Gambon,Liv Tyler
In 18th century Britain, they sure did have a lot of fireworks and loud rock
'n' roll music...
Jake Scott's MTV-ized Barry Lyndon gives us Miller and Carlyle as a duo of
"gentleman highwaymen" who rob from the rich and spend all the winnings on nice
clothes. The movie's not bad until halfway through, when the hunt for the duo
intensifies and Liv Tyler's mopy character enters the scene, ultimately turning
the film into an imitation of Robin Hood. No surprise that Plunkett & Macleane
(hey, dig that snappy title) didn't really click at the box office.
Reviewer: Christopher Null
