In Victorian England, a team of extraordinary figures, enlisted by a mysterious caller, assembles to stop a villain from turning the nations of the world against each other.
It's a comic book premise made even flimsier by the appalling production values in director Steven Norrington's flop fantasy.
When villains break into the Bank of England with a bulletproof tank, undercover operative M (Roxburgh) brings together a team of talented individuals - known as the League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - to save the world from disaster.
He recruits Alan Quartermain (Sean Connery), adventurer Captain Nemo (Naseeruddin Shah), vampire bride Mina Harker (Peta Wilson), invisible man Rodney Skinner (Tony Curran), perpetually young Dorian Gray (Stuart Townsend), Dr Jekyll (Jason Flemyng) and gung-ho cowboy Tom Sawyer (Shane West).
The team is sent to Venice where the villains, under the command of the mysterious Phantom, apparently intend to blow up the city and initiate World War III.
Starring Sean Connery, Richard Roxburgh, Stuart Townsend, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Jason Flemyng, David Hemmings.
Updated: 08:56 Friday, October 17, 2003
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