Starring Trainspotting duo (Carlyle and Miller), Will Plunkett and James Macleane are the 'Gentleman Highwaymen', known as such for their polite treatment of their female victims. Set in 1748 it shows the exploits in and around London of a ruffian with smarts (Plunkett) and a fallen gentleman with aspirations (Macleane). These exploits left high society astounded and agog and the film relates this rather well. Early on in the movie the Gentleman Highwaymen rob Lady Rebecca (Tyler) who becomes Macleane's love interest. The film finished with a well staged and exciting climax that suits the rest of the film and finishes it off well.

Plunkett and Macleane has a good mix of excitement and comedy that combine the period adventure with more contemporary overtones. Jake Scott (son of Ridley-Aliens, Bladerunner) has delivered a well shot and involving film. The score is written by Craig Armstrong and adds a lot to the film. Armstrong's seemingly 'wrong' score works superbly well and balances with Scott's music video history. A criticism of this film is that it uses the contemporary mannerisms of filmmaking in place of a more period style. However, Plunkett and Macleane melds a period piece into modern day filmmaking to make it appealing to a 90s audience.

The whole genre of Mnchhausen wonder tales, now over two centuries old, has sparked many versions in print, on stage and on film. Rudolph Raspe loosely based his fantasy tales on the highly exaggerated war stories of the real life Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Mnchhausen. Numerous writers added 'lies from all literature' to the collection over the centuries.

In this film version, Kstner (credited as 'Berthold Brger' as he was a banned writer) and Hungarian-born von Bky have gone back to some of the original Raspe stories to create an entertaining comedy about the adventures of the legendary Baron (Albers) in Russia, Austria and Turkey. Mnchhausen contains some amazing (for the time) special effects.

Made for the 25th anniversary of the UFA studios, no expense was spared to make what was intended to be Germany's answer to Gone with the Wind. Pressure from high up resulted in some minor changes to the plot to make the Baron ever loyal to the Fatherland, so this escapist comedy contains some now anachronistic political messages.