Titus

1999

Action / Drama / History / Thriller

38
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 86% · 77 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 86% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 22186 22.2K

rome, italy loss of loved one repayment battle for power commander ancient rome

Plot summary

Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy.

Director

Julie Taymor Photo
Julie Taymor

Top cast

Anthony Hopkins Photo
Anthony Hopkins as Titus Andronicus
Colin Wells Photo
Colin Wells as Martius
James Frain Photo
James Frain as Bassianus
Colm Feore Photo
Colm Feore as Marcus Andronicus
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.16 GB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 42 min
Seeds 10
2.46 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 42 min
Seeds 16

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by bmacv 8 / 10

The Elizabethans would have loved this movie

Usually dismissed as Shakespeare's worst play (has anybody read King John?), this over-the-top revenge tragedy shows a young playwright bursting with talent strutting his stuff. Julie Taymor (who did Lion King on Broadway) does him justice by unleashing this stunning phantasmagoria. I don't know how Jessica Lange and Anthony Hopkins could be better (though, given the plot, the latter comes a bit too close to Hannibal the Cannibal in Silence of the Lambs). The opening sequence of Roman soldiers choreographed in the Colosseum is so overwhelming, visually and aurally, that it makes Ridley Scott's much-vaunted classical pageant The Gladiator look like the computer game it is.
Reviewed by Rick-80 8 / 10

Shakespeare is great despite 20th century nonsense

William Shakespeare does not disappoint. This adaptation of Titus Andronicus lets Hopkins and Lange shine as Titus and the evil queen of the Goths. In large part, this movie is thrilling and captures the saga of Titus well, with dramatic cinamatography and emotionally moving sequences. However, the director has also interjected bizarre dream-like sequences and 20th century imagery which are confusing and distracting. None-the-less, this is a stunning movie, a tale of astounding tragedy, Roman excess, honor and revenge. With Hopkins and Lange, you will not regret seeing this
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