Review of The Molly Maguires

I remembered this movie because it was made near my grandmother's house, so of course as a child I thought it was a great film. (Hey it has James Bond in it too!) So I rented it... What a disappointment! Neither the writer nor the director could decide who the protagonist should be: Richard Harris nihilistic spy or Sean Connery's passionate rebel? Our sympathies lye with Connery and the Maguires. But since the focus seems to be on the Richard Harris character most of the time we keep expecting him to experience a moral crisis or at least a modicum of character development. This story just plain lacks focus. In the end We can't help but wonder "what was the point?" It is a shame because the events this film is based upon could make a great movie. Perhaps it will be revisited sometime in the near future by someone with a clearer vision and better story telling skills. I grudgingly gave this one 3 stars only because it has Sean Connery and Richard Harris.