本片被很多人认为是莎士比亚戏剧改编中成就最高的一部由莎士比亚的五部戏剧浓缩而成讲述英国国王亨利四世即位后全国叛乱不止形势动荡王子却熟视无睹与其密友胖武士弗斯塔夫终日豪饮作乐弗斯塔夫是喜欢吹牛而无所不为之辈他向亨利四世进谗言说王子平叛不力把所有功劳归于自 己后来亨利四世驾崩王子继位为亨利五世弗斯塔夫以为自己能加官封爵岂料被昔日旧友一脚踢开原来亨利五世力图振作那段放荡日子从此不复返弗斯塔夫只得郁郁而终导演用自己的方式重新诠释了这个小丑故事但对他持同情态度因为导演指出弗斯塔夫的行径正是他对抗日益改变的世界的护身符从他与王子之间的友谊变化影射出这个世界早已今非昔比往日的骑士精神也因为强权政治的诡诈绝情而荡然无存
A descent into Hell is triggered when quot;ExLordquot; Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy Alone, his overprotected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house for a series of ever more panicked home treatments, mistakenly protecting her from the arrival of Nurse Mary and any outside help Written by Bob Lee
