Rob Roy

For some reason, this film didn't grab me. I saw it a long time ago - long enough ago that I couldn't remember anything about it before watching it again this time around - but had retained the impression that it was very good. But, this time round, it just didn't excite me and I can't figure out why. I have a suspicion that the direction may have been a bit pedestrian - maybe that's it...and perhaps it wasn't dramatic enough (there was plenty of drama, but maybe it didn't feel dramatic enough). Or maybe I just watched it in the wrong frame of mind. Anyway, unquestionable highlights: Tim Roth's film-stealing turn as a vicious, deadly swordsman of a fop, and the climactic swordfight.