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Old 07-20-2012, 11:46 AM
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Default If the writers of Patton took to Shakespeare...

...you might get something like Coriolanus.

This is out on DVD having not opened in many theaters in its screen run.

Coriolanus: Ralph Fiennes turns Shakespeare's tragedy into a timely, tightly-plotted action thriller. - Slate Magazine

It does have some of the 17th Century thespian English that you find is Shakespeare plays, but has a great deal of action with some very witty dialog about the fickleness of the mob (and media) as well as about the military.