Auf Epos angelehnter Zweiteiler, der leider zu den wenigen Aufarbeitungen von Attila gehört und gleichzeitig Gerard Butlers Durchbruch war.

Während sich das römische Reich auf absteigenden Ast befindet, beginnt die Herrschaft der Hinterlande durch den jungen Attila. Da er seinem Volk eine Heimat verspricht, macht er gemeinsame Sache mit Rom. Das Bündnis hält so lange, bis die ein falsches Spiel beginnen und einen Krieg zwischen den Herrschern entbrennt.

Ist jetzt zwar nicht gerade die akkurateste Aufarbeitung und dennoch wissen die fast 3 Stunden angenehm zu unterhalten.

Butler macht für eine erste richtige Rolle schon einiges richtig und wird durch passend große Stars unterstützt. Namen wie Powers Boothe, Tim Curry, Liam Cunningham, Steven Berkoff, Tommy Flanagan und Jonathan Hyde geben sich…

Had I known that this movie was almost three hours long, I definitely wouldn’t have seen it today. But I was intrigued by the cast, who includes Gerard Butler, Powers Boothe, Liam Cunningham and Tim Curry, and in the mood for a Braveheart kinda movie.

And it is a movie, even though it appears to have been cut from a mini-series. It looks a little cheap at times, like when Attila uses his catapults to destroy a castle, but it couldn’t have been that cheap and it works pretty well for the most parts.

It is a classic story, however, and you’ve probably seen it told many times before: A young boy survives an attack on his village, but fulfills…

Cheesy, dated early-2000s white washed trash that only cares about accuracy about 50% of the time, but not without its shitty charms. It’s mostly the talented cast going for broke, every single performer committed to chewing so much scenery that it explains the cheap production design.

I’ll be honest, I’m just kind of glad we have an Attila biopic at all, especially one that acknowledges he was definitely one of the less evil and more honorable warrior kings of his time. Not saying much, but the guy preached racial equality and cultural tolerance in his empire, united a shockingly diverse range of ethnic groups to prosperity and glory, was good to his wives and children, was famously honest and honor…

This film isn’t really about Attila at all - it’s about the great Flavius Aetius, and that’s exactly why it’s so awesome.

It’s definitely one of my all-time favorite movies. I’ve watched it around 10 times and it still hasn’t gotten old. Almost everything about it is perfect. Some people might say that the film distances itself from historical accuracy, but honestly, which historical movie doesn’t do that? The only thing that bothered me was the lore about the fortune-teller because she was a pretty irritating character. All the other characters, however, were portrayed wonderfully. Kristy Mitchell was really charming in her youth and is a good actress too, so it’s a shame she didn’t have a bigger career. Tim…

Dieser Film.... Mit diesem Film ist eine große Faszination der Zeit, für mich einhergehed. Dementsprechend hab ich mich gefreut ein Epos zu sehen das die Geschichte des Hunnen Attila beleuchtet.

Der Film hat einen heftigen Eindruck hinterlassen, wollte dazu dann eigentlich ein Video machen, doch nach 4 Stunden Script Schreiberei und 2 Stunden sinnlosem editieren von Filmmaterial musste ich abbrechen. So viel gibt es doch nicht zu sagen oder ich finde den richtigen Ansatz nicht. Fakt ist jedoch das dieser Film mir nicht nur Zeit sondern auch ein Teil meiner Seele geklaut hat.
Meine Güte ist das ein Kackstreifen.

Bei dem Namen Attila denken die meisten wohl eher an einen wahnsinnigen Koch als an den König der Hunnen. Dieser Film…

Why does this fly under the radar? I'm guessing because it's a cheap looking made for TV production, which it kinda is. But I was also pleasantly surprised. The writing and acting is decent. I love HBO's Rome and thought this was decent enough attempt to bring the period of the Late Roman Empire to life

- The Roman armor doesn't look as good nor is it as accurate as 'King Arthur' which nailed the Late Roman look

- The battles can sometimes feel underwhelming, when what is supposed to be massive battles involving thousands of troops show no more than fifty people on screen. But they do on occasion scale up

- I liked the court intrigue of the…