Ok, so I really, really liked this...and then....and then... It started going around in circles.

The beginning sets up the characters and the complicated political situation. All great stuff. Good cast, great costumes, beautifully shot.

Then...we start chasing our tails. They betray each other left and right, but shoemhow are alllowed to live. They battle to great big climax...and no one dies. The romance and bromance are stalled and repeat. Repeat.Repeat.

It got so bad, I felt Vazini from The Princess Bride — “He didn’t die? inconceivable!”

I wanted to like this, but got too frustrated with the last half. They needed some new characters or a new plot direction to keep the last third fresh.