Rent Megalopolis (2024)
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- Synopsis:
- "Megalopolis" is a Roman Epic set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), the mayor's daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.
- Actors:
- Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight., Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D.B. Sweeney, Isabelle Kusman, Bailey Coppola, Madeleine Gardella, Balthazar Getty, Romy Mars, Haley Sims
- Directors:
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Producers:
- Michael Bederman, Francis Ford Coppola, Barry J. Hirsch, Fred Roos
- Writers:
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Studio:
- Entertainment In Video
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/03/2025
- Run Time:
- 139 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.00:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Select Scene Audio Commentary with Writer-Director Francis Ford Coppola
- Featurettes
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/03/2025
- Run Time:
- 139 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.00:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (2) of Megalopolis
Big Bloated Glossy Blob of Muddled Mediocrity - with an all-star cast - Megalopolis review by PV
I almost turned this off after 30 minutes. It's that sort of film.
Very confused, expensive, glossy spectacle, this is, interesting rather than enjoyable.
I felt NO emotional connection with ANy character - a problem when an audience has to care about characters when good or bad stuff happens to them.
Some great-looking scenes, a couple of shocks and twists. But the plot all seems very pointless.
Nice to see Giancarlo Esposito who shone so bright in Breaking Bad, and real movie stars too, like Dustin Hoffman, looking very doddery but then he is 87.
Not sure if it is meant to be a satire on the USA and Trump, but if so, it fails.
Watch GLADIATOR instead of 1964's CLEOPATRA or maybe THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. Or goodie-v-baddie sci-fi like Star Wars.
1.5 stars rounded up.
Disastrous, overblown, unwatchable - Megalopolis review by Alphaville
To be charitable, this is a bit of a mess. To be truthful, it’s a complete mess. Yes, it really is as bad as you’ve heard. All 2.15hrs of it. A waste of talent for all concerned, not just legendary director Coppola, but legendary actors such as Dustin Hoffman. Even young lead Adam Driver, for no reason whatsoever, is reduced at one stage to attempting Hamlet’s ‘To be or not to be’ speech. The idea being preached here is that modern-day New York is like ancient Rome heading for the Fall. The preachiness extends as far as a repetitive and irritating voiceover to ram it home.
What about the plot? You mean, there’s a plot? There have been many disastrous vanity projects in the history of the cinema. This is right up there among them. Oh, Francis, that it should come to this. Has he become so untouchable that no-one somewhere along the line could have had a quiet word in his ear?