Troy fiddles with Homer’s Iliad – sometimes for dramatic effect, sometimes simply to condense it – but the overriding theme remains intact. A gargantuan depiction of the Trojan War, this isn’t the story of powerful heroes but of powerfully flawed people, including Brad Pitt in all-out, movie-god mode as Achilles. The rest of the excellent cast includes Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, and Brian Cox. Magisterially directed by Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot, Air Force One).
