Friday, May 22, 2009

El Cid (1961)




Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.

Clocking in at more than 3 hours to say this epic outstays its welcome would be an understatement. Production value s OK, but otherwise it's wooden, pedestrian and basically just uninteresting.

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