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Alex Cox: Thomas Middleton
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Cert 15 From Fri 14 to Thu 27 February 2003 Alex Cox takes version of Thomas Middleton's 17th century play. Vindici seeks revenge for the murder of his wife and ruin of his family by the villainous Duke.
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Cox's new film is a bizarre hybrid – an adaptation of the Jacobean Tragedy by Thomas Middleton, transposed to Liverpool in a dystopian near-future, maintaining most of the original dialogue with the occasional punk rock expletive thrown in for good measure. Christopher Eccleston plays Vindici, the resolute revenger of the title. Cox calls him "a kind of muscular Hamlet", a single-minded revenge machine completely free of soul-searching and doubt, barking out his lines with spittle and loathing. His target is his wife's murderer – Derek Jacobi's lascivious, philandering Duke. He is the most powerful member of the aristocracy, portrayed in the modern setting as a combination of cartoon media mogul and effete dictator. Vindici insinuates himself into the confidence of Lussurioso, the Duke's eldest son, played with a relaxed poise by Eddie Izzard.
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Last shown on Thu 27 Feb 2003 Alex Cox takes version of Thomas Middleton's 17th century play. Vindici seeks revenge for the murder of his wife and ruin of his family by the villainous Duke.
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