Review of Titus

I could think of only four other movies on par with Titus: Hamlet (1996), Natural Born Killers, The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and her Lover, and Festern. Incidentally all five are about revenge. All present true human emotions on the edge without unnecessary shrills, have mesmerizing performances, daring visual style, supportive original score, and irresistible drive.

Back to Titus. A beauty. Taymor, Hopkins, and Lennix are outstanding. Preposterous, if taken literally, play. And no, `say no to violence' message is not in the original play. The tucked prolog and epilog sequences cannot right this wrong. 9/10