"Rebus is adapted from the novels of award-winning writer Ian Rankin - the UK's number one best-selling crime writer. At the center of each story is Detective Inspector Rebus, an enigma, fighting his own weaknesses, while dealing with the sad consequences of human frailty. He's seen it all before, but his cynicism is redeemed by an unexpected humanity that reveals he is more disillusioned with himself than others. As he scours the street ..."
""They seek him here, they seek him there, they seek that scoundrel everywhere." Baroness Orczy's oft-filmed adventure gets a shot of theatrical verve in the form of Richard E. Grant, who delivers a 17th-century superhero of dashing gallantry under the cover of a tart-tongued wit and court clown. British aristocrat Percy Blakeney (a.k.a. the Scarlet Pimpernel) and his loyal network of British comrades and French spies rescue the condemne ..."
"This handsomely mounted American-British coproduction (filmed in the picturesque Czech Republic) combines the elegance of British period productions--candlelit glow, gauzy softness, and the hazy atmosphere of light smoke and dust--with the energetic pacing, gliding camera work, and driving editing of American films. The Scarlet Pimpernel, the dashing hero played with zip and gallantry by Richard E. Grant, hides behind his secret identit ..."