William Tell
William Tell
The narrative unfolds in the 14th Century amidst the days of the Holy Roman Empire where Europe's nations fiercely vie for supremacy and the ambitious Austrians, desiring more land, encroach upon Switzerland, a serene and pastoral nation.
Lee Robinson reviewedMarch 9, 2025
The unnecessary Latin and lack of contractions in speech is presumably intended to feel authentically medieval, but just adds hurdles to a cast already bogged down with cliche and 2 dimensional ‘good’ and ‘evil’ characters. Despite the best efforts of a fantastic cast, the whole project is a 90s relic which swiftly devolves into formulaic tedium