Producción de los hermanos Ridley Scott y Tony Scott sobre una leyenda medieval que relata el trágico amor de una princesa y un guerrero, que pondrá en peligro la frágil paz entre Inglaterra e Irlanda.
Una joven estudiante norteamericana de la universidad de Wisconsin se enamora de un compañero de clase. Lo que ella ignora es que se trata del príncipe de Dinamarca, un joven que no quiere seguir la tradición de sus padres ni asumir sus deberes. Ésa es precisamente la razón por la que se ha trasladado a Estados Unidos, donde se hace pasar por un estudiante normal.
Dark satire about bare-knuckled capitalism in the immediate post-Cold War era. Set just as the Communist government is collapsing, the film focuses on the brutish Racz, the handyman in a Bratislava hotel. Knowing that his job is insured for life, Racz turns off the building's heat and demands food, money, and sex to have it restored. The film is narrated by a pimp named Urban who explains that people in the former Czechoslovakia were so used to being abused that they simply put up with Racz's corruption. By the end of the film, Racz's fortunes have changed considerably. Instead of being a lowly worker, he is now a ruthless and wealthy businessman, unafraid to kill or kidnap those who get in his way.
