Soap opera quality production values, leaden writing, and a handful of extras standing around with nothing to do make this an exercise in boredom. The only thing keeping my interest was finding the differences between this researched traditional telling of the Hamlet story vs. Shakespeare's dramatic license. The characters all speak in contemporary English, delivering totally unmemorable lines. Occasionally, Hamlet gets in a barb or two against his uncle-now-father but you'll not find any soliloquies here. In an effort to keep viewers interested, naked breasts are flashed onscreen periodically. The viewer is expected to believe that there are king and queen, yet around them are only a dozen and half villagers in remarkably well built wooden huts. King of Jutland, yeah right.
Review of Royal Deceit
