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...banalities. This Braveheart lacks, though not for want of trying by Patrick McGoohan. As the English King, Edward Longshanks, he sneers realpolitik as well as George Sanders, Basil Rathbone or Henry Kissinger ever did. But he's not around as much as he should be-especially compared with Tim Roth's evil Energizer Bunny, who powers Rob Roy with his capering snottiness...
...Murdoch's savvy and vision. Which is why his failure to develop clear successors among his management team is a growing problem for the 64-year-old executive. The media world is full of former Murdoch lieutenants, including free-lance mogul Barry Diller and Disney motion-pictures chief Joe Roth. After Murdoch is gone, who runs the place? MCI tried addressing that question with a contract clause that gives it the right to acquire Murdoch's News Corp. stock in the event his heirs choose not to sell a substantial stake. That's not much of a guarantee his company...
...hardship for the Scots. In an age of corruption and despair, Robert Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) upholds the ancient clannish honor. Supported by his bonny red-haired wife Mary (Jessica Lange) and a host of loyal MacGregors, Rob Roy matches wits and brawn with the dastardly Archibald Cunningham (Tim Roth), bewigged defiler (and then some) of the MacGregor name...
...called, just gets more and more evil. Burning villages? A lark. Killing cattle? Child's play. Rape is a little more satisfactory, and torture is really quite charming entertainment. Treachery, of course, adds a subtle spice to purely physical violence. Caton-Jones may overdo the characterization a bit, but Roth's performance steals the show, no doubt about it. Lucky Archie, thankfully unkilted, gets some juicy background to play on. He is a bitter bastard son, his possible fathers narrowed down to three. The material may be good, but it is Roth's control of cold eye and practiced diction...
...which contains some sonorous orations and choice epithets. Lange brings that signal gift, sexual intelligence, to the role of Mary MacGregor; the light in her eyes catches fire when she stares at Neeson. But Mary is not part of the film's main conflict, between Neeson and villain Tim Roth. Despite Lange's efforts, Mary is a mature version of that macho-movie ornament, the Girl--victim, inspiration, trophy...