[Chewie84]

That was a pretty good film. Even though they kind of differed from the source material (In the original book, they were fighting Americans in the War of 1812, in the movie, they're fighting the French in the early Napoleonic Wars), the acting was great, especially from Crowe and that little boy who suffers such a tragic injury in the beginning (I'm not giving anything away), and it did have a good story.

[jalisco555]

That was a pretty good film. Even though they kind of differed from the source material (In the original book, they were fighting Americans in the War of 1812, in the movie, they're fighting the French in the early Napoleonic Wars), the acting was great, especially from Crowe and that little boy who suffers such a tragic injury in the beginning (I'm not giving anything away), and it did have a good story.

They changed the story for commercial reasons, since a movie with Americans as the enemy wouldn't be very popular here (the sentiment of many in Hollywood notwithstanding) and the French are perfect bad guys. And yes, the kid was very good. He's also good in the HBO series Rome, where he plays Octavian (the future Augustus).

[TET1968]

Max Pirkis was the little boy, presently he can be seen as Gaius Octavian in "Rome".