Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Superhero, Sea, Vampires, Hostage, Gore, Martial Arts, Murder, Betrayal, Monsters, Comic Book, Space, Cult Classic
Tagline: Prepare for the Extraordinary
Plot: Set in Victorian England, the story centers around a team of extraordinary figures enlisted by a mysterious caller to stop a villain intent on turning the nations of the world against one another. The coterie of heroes are led by Allan Quartermain (Sean Connery) and comprise some of the greatest figures from adventure literature: Captain Nemo (Naseeruddin Shah), Dracula vampiress Mina Harker (Peta Wilson), 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. Stephen Norrington ("Blade") directs.Sean Connery stars as Allan Quatermain, the worldˇ¦s greatest adventurer, who leads a legion of superheroes the likes of which the world has never seen, in THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN. Quatermainˇ¦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 (ˇ§Moulin Rougeˇ¨) plays the Leagueˇ¦s enigmatic recruiter, M. The League members are
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 The experience of watching this movie is a marginal and moderately disappointing one.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
Despite Sean Connery and some impressive 19th century gloom, this big-screen translation of Alan Moore's culty comic-book series falls to earth with an incoherent splat.--Charles Taylor (Salon)
"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" assembles a splendid team of heroes to battle a plan for world domination, and then, just when it seems about to become a real corker of an adventure movie, plunges into incomprehensible action, idiotic dialogue, inexplicable motivations, causes without effects, effects without causes, and general lunacy. What a mess.  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
It just doesn't work. After halfhearted attempts to salute the Victorian-era sense of fantasy and adventure, "League" accelerates into an episodic sprawl of fights, computer-generated explosions and less-than-snappy dialogue.--Desson Howe (Washington Post)
It's bad in all the old, dull ways of being bad: poor performances, absurd story, dreary special effects, witless dialogue and the excessive length of someone taking himself far too seriously.--Stephen Hunter (Washington Post)
A silly yet fun romp C+--Gareth Von Kallenbach (Lee's Movie Info)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is exactly the kind of movie people complain about when talking about big summer movies - it's loud and things blow up with expected regularity. But it's also a lot of fun, with its unique cast of characters and impressive visuals, making it almost ideal for this time of year.  --David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)
Overall, the tone of the film is clear: These are the X-Men of old English literature, but if you're looking for anything literary, turn back now.  --Christopher Monfette (MovieWeb)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a movie about...no, well it's about...hmm, no not that either. What is this frickin movie about? I guess you could say it's about justice, and crap, but all you will say after you've seen this waste of celluloid is "Why?"  --Brian Gallagher (MovieWeb)
Destined to go down in the history books as the Heaven's Gate of superhero flicks, this is nothing more and nothing less than an extraordinary waste of time and money.  --Jamie Russell (BBC Films)
Forgettably destined to join the pantheon of Decidedly Ordinary Summer Popcorn Movies. 57/100--Brian Webster (Apollo Guide)
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Sean Connery
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Rock, The Untouchables |
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Ocean's Eleven, Dracula 2000, A Walk to Remember |
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Snatch., Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, From Hell |
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| In a summer of big-budget sequels, prequels, remakes and homages, no film is more ambitiously derivative - or dramatically unsatisfying - than Stephen Norrington's "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen." --Jack Mathews (New York Daily News)
I walked out of the theater and forgot about it five minutes later. Everything but the very cool Mr. Hyde monster, that is. Hyde smash!!! 4/10--'JoBlo' (JoBlo.com)
Highly flawed but still quite good fun, this is criminally unfaithful to its excellent source material and features an unwelcome amount of dodgy CGI but isn’t the disaster you might have been expecting.  --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
While 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' is not terrible, its highly original and unusual premise deserves a much better treatment. 6/10--Anton Bitel (Movie Gazette)
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