2003 - Rated PG-13 - 1 hr 50 min
Director: Stephen Norrington
Starring: Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng, Richard Roxburgh, Max Ryan
One of the first in a wave of Alan Moore comics to go to the movies, this one's not the best of the bunch. It's not awful, but it does get a bit campy at times. Ooh.... all these characters from fiction fight crime together!
But honestly, why is Tom Sawyer fighting crime?
United by Connery's Alan Quartermaine, the troupe is formidable... but also a bit twisted. Deception and betrayal runs amok and soon, it all falls apart.
As adventure movies go, there's much that's pleasing to the eye and much to rev up that adrenaline level. As plots go.... meh. Connery's the best thing about this one, if you ask me.
Oh man, remember how I said "From Hell" was much different than the comic? To the tenth power on this one. The thing was the studio licensed the comic based off the concept, the script was written before the first issue of the comic even hit the stands. So there was literally no way it could be anything Like it. There's some fun to be had but there's good reason Alan Moore didn't want his name anywhere near this.
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