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Naseeruddin Shah | ... | ||
Peta Wilson | ... | ||
Tony Curran | ... | ||
Stuart Townsend | ... | ||
Shane West | ... | ||
Jason Flemyng | ... |
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Richard Roxburgh | ... | ||
Max Ryan | ... | ||
Tom Goodman-Hill | ... | ||
David Hemmings | ... | ||
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Terry O'Neill | ... | |
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Rudolf Pellar | ... | |
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Robert Willox | ... | |
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Robert Orr | ... |
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Renowned adventurer Allan Quatermain leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a madman known as "The Fantom." This "League" comprises seafarer/inventor Captain Nemo, vampiress Mina Harker, an invisible man named Rodney Skinner, American secret service agent Tom Sawyer, the ageless and invincible Dorian Gray, and the dangerous split personality of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. Written by Anonymous
Having been critically panned by both film critics and fans of the original comic book version, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (which is hardly a league of "Gentlemen" considering the presence of a female character) was absolute rubbish. However, despite the flagrant misuse of characters established in classic Literature (Dracula, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Invisible Man, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and especially The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) there is an essentially a massively fun film to be found, made all the more enjoyable if you disengage your brain and just don't question the ridiculous goings on of the alternate Victorian universe the film is set in.
So in conclusion, if a night of brainless action adventure fun is what you'r after, then the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is sufficiently enjoyable material.