Hoping, no doubt, to ride piggyback on the current Shakespeare fad, Grampian's mud-caked, made-for-TV Macbeth has been granted a limited theatrical release to rake in some extra cash. Admittedly, this Jason Connery/Helen "Cardiac Arrest" Baxendale version begins promisingly enough - - a gritty battle sequence, the clanging of metal against metal, Scottish peasants ripped from gut to gizzard. But the spirited, Braveheart-style opening quickly ends to be replaced by an insipid, risk-free staging of the play that verges on the tedious. If you ever endured a minimalist BBC Shakespeare adaptation at school, then, in terms of sheer excitement and entertainment, you'll know what to expect.
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