This television mini-series takes the action of Homer's ILIAD and presents it as it has never been seen before. Former model Sienna Guillory stars as Helen, the face that launched 1000 ships and the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta. The trouble begins when Helen falls in love with Paris (Matthew Marsden), Prince of Troy and the .. Read more
| Starring | Sienna Guillory, Rufus Sewell, Matthew Marsden, Stellan Skarsgard |
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| Director | John Kent Harrison |
| Genres | Drama |
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Interesting and Entertaining
This film promotes itself as the most actual/correct account of the story everyone has already heard, and I did find it interesting to watch. I couldn't ... read more »
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Helen of Troy
Being a fan of Greek mythology and having an interest in their stories and legends, I quite enjoyed watching this and I felt it did give the story justice in ... read more »
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Very Good
An excellent all round film. Myself and my son's watched it twice and it still doesn't get boring. Plenty of action in the film even though the actual ... read more »
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Helen the heroine of the hasty heart
Whilst a purerist might argue that the story does not quite follow all the plot lines of Homer's Illiad this was a great improvement over the 'Hollywood... read more »
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nearly three stars
If you have not read the mytholgy of Troy then you will probably enjoy it better than I did.This was obviously made to cash in on the interest crated in the ... read more »
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Why !!
Well this was Painful compared to the much better Troy at over 2 1/2 hours it is far too long. And whilst the story does include some different facts from Troy ... read more »
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more accurate than the brad pitt blockbuster
this film follows the original epic poem more diligently than the nutty brad pitt film where hollywood chose to mess with a story thats 3ooo years old. low ... read more »
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This or Troy?
This film will always be destined to be compared to Troy which was released about the same time. To me they are complementary rather than in competition ... read more »
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worth the watch
Found the film good but did prefer Troy still a good film to watch with a good story and well acted.
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Helen Of Troy
Ruined by the rape scene at the end of the film, and also compromised by the use of computer graphics in the pace of real buildings and ships.
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story as was meant to be told
It lacks big stas but the storyline is as the book goes.Good acting but not the lavish spending of Troy.
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