As you can read here many go on and on about the modernization of a Shakespeare play. It is a dark, dark movie and I don't mean the cinematography. Truly evil deeds are done by and against every major character. In the end I saw a bit of Hannibal Lecter emerge, and maybe that's why Hopkins played the part, because he is so good at being unashamedly twisted. But for most of the movie he is a victim. This movie has sometimes stunning, sometimes disturbing imagery, but in the end you can see why many consider this to be a weak play. It is just so relentlessly nasty, you just get sick of it.
