The Black Rose

The Black Rose
by Henry Hathaway

The Black Rose
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Actor: C?cile Aubry, Jack Hawkins, Michael Rennie, Orson Welles, Tyrone Power
Director: Henry Hathaway
Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 121 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Movie Reviews of The Black Rose

Movie Review: More buckle than swash
Summary: 2 Stars

Sometimes love of a genre can make you overlook some films' problems that seem overwhelming to unbiased observers, so it's worth noting my bias for epic adventures when I say that The Black Rose is pretty dreadful by anyone's standards. A big-budget misfire with a distinct lack of swash to its buckle and a miscast Tyrone Power playing a part he's a good twenty years too old to get away with, there's a promising enough plot - Power's disinherited Saxon `youth' leaves England rather than serve a Norman king to find his fortune in the Far East, where he's drawn into Kublai Khan's plans to conquer China - but it's quickly smothered. Desperately uninteresting characters, no battles, virtually no action but a lot of sulking and a surfeit of silly names - the hero is called Walter of Gurney and that's just for starters - ensure that it's the kind of film your body actively rebels against while watching, urging you to do something more useful like going to sleep instead.

A decent supporting cast of British movie regulars (James Robertson Justice, Finlay Currie, Herbert Lom) try their best, though some, like Michael Rennie, barely hide their boredom at it all. Despite getting off to a truly terrible start, Jack Hawkins' sidekick at least improves as the film goes on, which is more than can be said for leading lady Cecile Aubrey, who looks like the kind of annoyingly precious schoolgirl that makes vasectomy seem like a good idea. The less said about a horrendously badly dubbed Alfonso Bedoya the better.

It's not a total loss - Orson Welles' genial turn as Kublai Khan's ruthless general Bayan `of the Hundred Eyes' sees to that even though he has nothing to do but act genial and bemused by his English recruits. If anything, the presence of the director of Citizen Kane in the cast only acts to remind you of how shoddily made the film is. Some of the editing is surprisingly crude and awkward, with many shots matching so badly you could almost be forgiven for thinking they were shot for different films, and it's hard to tell whether the surprisingly dreary Technicolor photography in the English scenes is by design or simply down to color fading. Even Richard Addinsell can't summon up any enthusiasm in his score. It's hard not to agree when Power says "I wish I had something more to tell you. It all ought to add up to something." Dire stuff.

Extras on the Region 1 NTSC DVD include a featurette reuniting Power's children, stills galleries and trailer.

Summary of The Black Rose

Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 05/01/2007 Run time: 120 minutes Rating: Nr

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