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Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Presumably the writer of this mini-series had to read the history of Attila and Aetius before he could change it into the pap presented. You would think it would have been easier to leave as written, and certainly more interesting.Just to give one example. After the battle and the death of the Roman ally King Theodoric, this movie has Theordoric's son insisting of leaving immediately to fight his brothers for the throne, and thus depriving the Roman general Aetius of the strength to decisively destroy Attila. Thus a mildly interesting and fairly predictable plot as far as it goes. The historical reality is that Aetius advised the son to leave to take care of his brothers as he was insisting on revenging his father against Attila. Aetius preferred not to destroy the Huns as his and Rome's whole strategy at that time had been to play groups such as the Huns off against other barbarian tribes that had entered or threatened the Empire. To my mind a more interesting development.Of course it might have taken slightly more effort to get this idea across to viewers but the effort would have been a far more memorial series which the poor sets and acting could never achieve. While I can understand budget limitations that make good sets and hordes of extras difficult I cannot understand the almost perverse need to change history even when the original is much more interesting.An amusing watch just the same but disappointing that for the cost of another writer it could not have been so much better.

''Attila'' is one of the epic movies I like the most. I only don't give a higher vote for this movie, because I found that the story, after N'Kara's death, became quite boring and without the same climax as before. Not to mention that Ildico being identical to N'Kara, and poisoning Atilla doesn't help to make the story excellent for me. Atilla never was a king as well. I like to see,anyway, Gerard Butler in one of his best roles, and I need to say that I never saw him so handsome in all my life! The long wavy black hair and the skin tanned really suited him well!The story of this movie is basically concentrated in Atilla's life, showing some important things that were happening in Roman Empire at the same time Atilla was becoming one of the best Hun's warriors. We have inaccuracies and factual errors, but even so, a good epic is always welcome!

Atilla 2001 (TV) A compelling epic dramaAttila/Atilla (Rollo Weeks) has the remarkable ability of a young warrior when hunting on the steppes. He deals resolutely with the tribesmen who destroyed his village so that his leadership quality is revealed at a young age.Attila (Gerard Butler)(Timeline, Phantom of the Opera, Dear Frankie) is an impressive warrior who is proud of being a Hun. He unites the tribesmen of the villages to become a powerful force on the battlefield with their lightning attacks on the enemy; the use of stirrups gave the Huns the advantage over their enemy. Attila realizes that he needs the 'belief' of the kings he has conquered not just their 'obedience' and this makes him such a respected ruler; his expressive gestures reveal his strong emotions through fine intuitive acting. Attila's characteristic penetrating gaze allows no further discussion when he considers the matter to be closed.The women of the villages fought as fiercely as their men when their villages were attacked. The great Attila is amazed when a feisty, red-haired women, N'Kara/Ildico (Simmone Jade Mackinnon) tears his shirt with her sword and he orders her to be saved and taken as a slave; his unexpectedness kindness is revealed when he spares the surviving members of her family. The two brothers Attila and Bleda (Tommy Flanagan) hate each other and Bleda chooses N'Kara as his share of the spoils of war to spite Attila. The impish Galen (Pauline Lynch) is a free-spirited young woman whose visions guide Attila towards his future as a great king. Attila courts the woman he loves with disarming frankness and their passionate love creates romantic magic.Honoria (Kirsty Mitchell) reveals the plight of women at that time to Attila. She tells him that her brother Valentinian is chosen to rule because he is a man and that brains don't do a woman much good. Honoria is infatuated with Attila who finds her pleasing, and, 'what else is there to say of a woman!'The powerful Roman general Flavius Aetius (Powers Boothe) loves Rome and is proud of her achievements. Aetius is a political and military strategist who manipulates Placida (Alice Krige) and her foppish son, the emperor Valentinian (Reg Rogers). Flavius admires Attila for his courage and skill and he invites Attila to visit Rome where he can learn 'how the world is ruled and because there is no one like you in Rome, no one like me here.' This foreshadows the conflict between east and west.Atilla is an excellent ensemble film.

For someone who is a history buff, especially of the period this movie, Attila, is trying to portray (roughly 430 AD to 455 AD), I was happy to finally see a Roman Empire movie specifically about this period. Most Roman Empire movies before were either of the Julius Caesar or Marcus Aurelius periods (i.e. Gladiator). That said, there are a lot of historical inaccuracies (due to budgetary constraints for example, they used August era Roman costumes), but I was willing to overlook that because of the filmmakers' attempt to try to represent the widening cultural differences between the divided Western and Eastern (Byzantine) Roman Empires (the empire divided in 395 AD) - a good example is showing the Western Emperor Valentinian III as portrayed as a Roman in Augustus era Imperial regalia whereas the Eastern Emperor Theodosius II is accurately portrayed in more Oriental Persian influenced garb. Ironically, the actor that steals the show is not the title character Atilla but Powers Boothe, Flavius Aetius, also known by his nickname, the last Roman. Again, while there are many inaccuracies, this movie is entertaining for showing a period of Roman history (during its decline) that rarely is explored. A 7 out of 10.