Macbeth

Name: Macbeth
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Australia · 2006
1h 49m
Director Geoffrey Wright
Starring Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill, Lachy Hulme, Kate Bell
Genre Action, Drama, Thriller

Macbeth, loyal to his crime boss, Duncan, is told by witches that he will one day take over. Driven by their prophecy, he and his wife plot to kill Duncan and take the leadership of the gang for Macbeth. Maintaining his power will require more murder and violence, finally driving his surviving enemies to unite and destroy him.

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Village Voice by

The rush into gunfights and car chases pushes the text in all the wrong directions. As written, the 400-year-old words are still fresher than anything ripped from “Miami Vice.”

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

The famous soliloquies are heard in voice-over -- a risky idea that works -- and Wright has found clever ways of naturalizing the play's more supernatural elements.

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Crust

The film is strictly straight-to-video action movie stuff, albeit with dialogue in iambic pentameter.

New York Post by Kyle Smith

Say hello to my leetle dagger! Shakespeare meets "Scarface" in an Aussie adaptation of "Macbeth" gone gangsta.

Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum

The words belong to Mr. Shakespeare. All else in this Macbeth is the pleasurably fevered invention of brash Australian director Geoffrey Wright.

Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips

It's all very "Scarface"--the De Palma remake of "Scarface," not the Hawks original. In other words, it doesn't feel modern at all. It feels about a generation late and 400 years short.