It's rare for a film to live up so completely to its bad advance word-of-mouth. But Revolution is the real thing -- a bonafide big-budget disaster.

| Nov 1, 2021

What's lacking in this heartfelt, well-researched, sporadically interesting movie is a master plan.

| Dec 17, 2014

Either as unintentional parody or truncated epic, you can start this Revolution without me.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 17, 2014

[A] solemn, incoherent, brown film.

| Dec 17, 2014

Revolution has been dazzlingly shot by cinematographer Bernard Lutic in a process called System 35, but so much visual grandeur seems more embarrassing than engaging when the dramatic element is such a mess.

| Dec 17, 2014

On the plus side: the battle scenes, brilliantly filmed with a hand-held camera; a remarkable portrayal of a sadistic English officer by... Donald Sutherland; and clever art direction... On the debit side is Al Pacino's ludicrous performance.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 17, 2014

Mixed in with the film's graphic action sequences -- which are as beautifully shot as they are unwatchable -- are a lot of feverish, feeble, inch-deep platitudes about freedom and justice.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 17, 2014

Revolution is the worst movie of 1985.

| Dec 17, 2014

Bizarre accents and annoying camerawork abound in this package of tripe which isn't sure whether it has just left the butchers or is on its way back.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 17, 2014

Beautifully photographed but emotionally uninvolving.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 17, 2008

Watching Revolution is a little like visiting a museum -- it looks good without really being alive.

| Apr 17, 2008

An almost inconceivable disaster.

| Jun 24, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 2, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 19, 2004

Curiosity alone should lead you to this one.

| May 24, 2003

It's also a mess, but one that's so giddily misguided that it's sometimes a good deal of fun for all of the wrong reasons.

| May 20, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 8, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 30, 2002

star-spangled silliness, and one of the biggest debacles of the 1980s

Full Review | Original Score: 0/5 | Jul 29, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 26, 2002