This would be in the running for my "Worst Films Ever" list if it only had tried a bit harder. As it is, it's an endless, sleepy affair starring my two favorite bad actors: Christian "The Cop Biter" Slater (woodenly delivering his lines in an undefinable accent) and Jared "Short Bus" Leto, who acts as if he's recently experienced a serious head trauma. Long a favorite of late, late nights on the cable movie channels, this stone of a film sinks, well, like a stone. Unsure of its location and time period (maybe London, perhaps in the 1870's, 80's or 90's), Basil plays like the fan fiction of a thirteen-year-old girl with a limited imagination. Avoid this and read a good book. You'll thank me.
Review of Basil
