DVD view: Gladiator Special Edition Three Disc Extended Edition (15.Byline: WITH MIKE CHAPPLE MUCH overrated film but fans of Mr Happy Clappy, Russell Crowe will simply lap up this monster which features 17 minutes of extra footage and a welter of deleted sequences among the heap of other goodies. FILM: ... EXTRAS Who Killed Bambi?(18) ANOTHER in the cine lumiere collection celebrating the French contribution to 100 years of "innovative and challenging cinema". The other two releases - Tiresia and Twentynine Palms - have already been given down the banks in this column for being the pretentious and over-long art house nonsenses that they are. Bambi promised to be something altogether better. The gorgeous Sophie Quinton plays student nurse Isabelle who is enthralled en·thrall tr.v. en·thralled, en·thrall·ing, en·thralls 1. To hold spellbound; captivate: The magic show enthralled the audience. 2. To enslave. by Dr Phillipp (the Michael Owen lookalike Giles Marchand). However she becomes suspicious of the increasingly sinister doctor's own unhealthy interest in her and some of his more attractive female patients. Proceedings build impressively - aided by a mesmeric mes·mer·ism n. 1. A strong or spellbinding appeal; fascination. 2. Hypnotic induction believed to involve animal magnetism. 3. Hypnotism. [After Franz Mesmer. soundtrack - with one excellent scene featuring a question and answer session between the two that oozes latent sexuality. Ultimately though it's spoiled by an implausible last half hour that will have you grumbling with disappointment. For the most part it's a captivating cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. experience nonetheless. FILM: ... EXTRAS |
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