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PURCHASE THE DVD: Helen of Troy (2003)

A year before Woldgang Petersen's overcooked Troy debuted on the big screen, USA Network presented their own version of the Trojan legend with much better results. Obviously, the miniseries didn't have the movie's huge budget, but it had a better script that much more closely followed the myth, which made for a more interesting flick. The battle scenes were impressive for television and the acting, with some exceptions, was decent. Rufus Sewell is always a good bad guy and Emilia Fox did a nice job as Cassandra. Unfortunately, Sienna Guillory came off like a petulent child. And also, she's hot by 20th Century standards, but she's no mythic beauty, let alone a face to launch a thousand ships. On that, Troy's filmmakers did better by casting German actress Diane Kruger.