There have been two major film adaptations of William Shakespeare's Richard III. The twist for the 1995 film starring Ian McKellan, Annette Benning, and Robert Downey, Jr., among others, is that it is set in the 1930s, at the dawn of WW II...
James Berardinelli of Reelviews Movie Reviews wrote:
In its own bloody way, Richard III is as enjoyable to watch as any recent screen production of Shakespeare, and the shift to the 1930's with its attendant Nazi imagery (parallels between Richard III and Hitler abound) gives the film a twist that conventional productions do not have. If there's a flaw to the movie, it's that this is one of Shakespeare's least ambitious and less thematically rich plays. Nevertheless, since the only memorable motion picture version is Lawrence Olivier's 1956 version, Richard III doesn't suffer from overexposure, and this new interpretation offers an unconventional -- and easily accessible -- perspective.
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