that's what it boils down to: the plot is an absurd stew made from various Asterix stories, wich shows: good indgredients don't mean good soup, cause the plot plain sucks. the cast is...alright, although depardieu is far too witty to play obelix(dammit, he oughta be STUPID like the menhirs he's carryin!). only absolutely cool thing: Benigni as Destructivus. but Benigni(note that he's the only thing i bother capitalizing) is a god in all he does, so...(although the german sinch didn't do him any good, gotta watch the italian one). all in all: an entertaining movie, but barely.