Something weakened this way comes, you could say.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

The play's power has been diluted by questionable editing, an overload of blandly stylized violence and the conspicuous suspicion that this whole thing is the predictable result of catering to base commercial instincts.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 14, 2008

Something weakened this way comes, you could say.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/6 | Aug 16, 2007

It's probably best not to look too deep for meaning.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 10, 2007

The film has the over-stylized sheen of a car commercial peopled by actors decked out like brooding fashion models.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 26, 2007

Wright directs it with straight-faced conviction.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jul 13, 2007

This Macbeth is true to the ugly-hearted original. No one is redeemed by gore, or absolved of madness. Nor do lines sound any less sublime when channeled through underlings and overlords.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 13, 2007

This is both an exciting thriller and a worthy addition to the canon of Shakespearean cinema.

| Jul 13, 2007

After a few early spins in his grave, Shakespeare may end up grudgingly respectful

| Jul 13, 2007

There are good performances, smart direction and dark-hued photography that's impressive. But it would be surprising if this Macbeth were to bring people back to Shakespeare proper, as it intends.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 13, 2007

Light touches are counterbalanced by some heavy-footed acting and a streak of leaden literal-mindedness.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 13, 2007

The story's handled at a reasonable clip, and there are some good, if uniformly bearded, supporting performances.

| Jul 13, 2007

Everything is over-directed and over-designed like a gruelling pop video with an awful lot of sound and fury.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 13, 2007

The film disintegrates into an over-the-top 1970s horror.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 13, 2007

A tacky mix of neon lights and bare skin.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 13, 2007

Poetic but bleekly pessimistic version of the Danish tragedy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 13, 2007

It lacks size and nerve where it's most needed: in the performances.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 12, 2007

Unfortunately, 'Romper Stomper' director Geoffrey Wright's take on the play fails to do it justice: both lumpen and flashy, it convinces neither as drama nor as stylistic exercise.

| Original Score: 2/6 | Jul 12, 2007

The movie thinks it is daringly up-to-date, but forsooth, 'tis as hip as the ghost of Don Johnson.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 6, 2007

Geoffrey Wright's brutal and thrilling new version of Macbeth envisions the thane of Cawdor as a longhaired, drug-addled gangster.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 6, 2007