Minotaur

"Curse the God. Slay the Beast. Become a Legend."

2006 1h 33m EN

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★4.9TMDB · 164★3.7IMDB · 5,465

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Synopsis

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For generations, village youths are stolen from their families and delivered as sacrifice to a mythical beast that dwells beneath a great palace. Theo, haunted by the loss of his love in an earlier sacrifice, sets off on a harrowing quest to the labyrinth to kill the evil bull-god.

“Curse the God. Slay the Beast. Become a Legend.”

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Cast

Tom Hardy
Theo
Michelle Van Der Water
Raphaella
Tony Todd
Deucalion
Lex Shrapnel
Tyro
Jonathan Readwin
Danu
Rutger Hauer
Cyrnan
Maimie McCoy
Morna
Lucy Brown
Didi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jonathan English
Writers: Nick Green, Stephen McDool
Languages: English
Countries: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 6 countries: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jonathan English, shot by Nic Morris. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Eddie Hamilton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tom Hardy and Michelle Van Der Water and Tony Todd carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Curse the God. Slay the Beast. Become a Legend.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0415160 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jonathan English directs. Nic Morris behind the camera. Eddie Hamilton cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 20 years ago.
2International production across 6 countries: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America.
3Directed by Jonathan English, shot by Nic Morris. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Eddie Hamilton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Tom Hardy and Michelle Van Der Water and Tony Todd carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Curse the God. Slay the Beast. Become a Legend.".
7IMDB entry: tt0415160 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Nic Morris
Editing: Eddie Hamilton
Production design: Anja Müller
Costume design: Suzie Harman
Makeup / hair: Helen Speyer
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $7,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Minotaur (2006)
IMDB rating: 3.7/10 · 5,465 votes
MPAA: R

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CinemaSerf2022-05-29
★ 4/10
It's got a little of the "Legend" (1985) look about it, but I very much doubt the star will look back on this as one of his finer efforts. It's a shocker! Tom Hardy is "Theo" (Theseus probably refused to lend his name to this nonsense) who decides that he is going to sneak into the minotaur's labyrinthine lair and sort it out once and for all - apparently it has already eaten his girlfriend and so he is a tad irked. Anyway, off he goes and away we go into an abject farce of a film. This is a great story from Greek myth; it's got the whole gamut of adventure elements from which to pick - so how come Jonathan English has managed to squander such a rich vein and come up with this badly produced, shockingly scripted affair with special effects that were around in the days of "Blake's 7" on the television thirty years earlier? Tony Todd has a look of evil for his depiction of the permanently zonked King Deucalion but as for the the rest of the cast - including a tiny cameo from Rutger Hauer as his father "Cyrnan"; the acting is just plain risible. "Curse the God... Slay the Beast" offers us a far more exciting tagline than this delivers - and I am sorry to say that even on television late at night after two bottles of your favourite tipple, the most ardent fans of TH (or the also handsome Lex Shrapnel) are going to be looking for "Downton Abbey" repeats on a streamer somewhere.

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