Tudors showcase 40 years of unconquerable monarchy of King Henry VIII of England in which Jonathan Rhys Meyers seems to be only focused on sex, political conspiracy and risky court liaisons
For all the heavy breathing, it's dramatically dead, so that even while it offers "sympathetic" views of sometimes maligned historical figures, one never feels involved with them or their fates.
Anglophiles will scoff at the sloppiness with historical detail. Anyone else is going to be confused at why they're not seeing someone like Oliver Platt play Henry VIII
Still, for all its ferocious ambition to be more than just another heavily corseted, respectful historical drama, "The Tudors" falls flat in more than one arena.
