Wow. What a great idea: Christina Applegate, Jean Reno, the reverse of the plot of Mark Twain's "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" in the hero goes forward in time, and great cinematography. What a disappointment. Jean-Marie Gaubert (whose real name is Jean-Marie Poiré) has both miss-directed this mess and miss-cast it. All of the "tricks of the trade" are there: the beauty, the lost hero, the comic sidekick, the deceitful boyfriend, excellent cinematography and state-of-the-art special effects. But it all seems superficial. Applegate lacks passion, Reno lacks intelligence, and Christian Clavier (the side-kick) ISN'T funny.
A lot of money and effort seems to have been spent on this movie, and in other hands it might have been very good.
A lot of money and effort seems to have been spent on this movie, and in other hands it might have been very good.
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