Ridley Scott’s latest historical blockbuster Napoleon whizzes through the emperor’s action-packed life, says Ferdie Rous.
In this highly episodic retelling, Ridley Scott slaps up a broad sweeping tableau of Napoleon’s life. From the field of Austerlitz to the burned-out husk of Moscow and the packed hall of Robespierre’s National Convention, we skim through Le Petit Caporal’s triumphs and disasters.
In two and a half hours, Scott covers the entirety of Napoleon’s professional life – from his courtship of Josephine through the multiple coups that brought him to power and around the world, on campaign or in exile – all of a quarter-century.
