Theres a poor landed family in some rural, early 19th century English backwater, consisting of an amiable father, five daughters, and a mother who devotes all her energies to marrying the daughters off. We follow the fortunes of some of the daughters through the eyes of the eldest and cleverest, Elizabeth (Knightley), who takes an instant and seemingly justified dislike to a rich gentleman who visits their neighbourhood. We can quickly see the two are made for each other, but it takes them much longer, because of... well, pride and prejudice.

No doubt about it, this is the archetypal romantic comedy. In fact the book is more obviously a comedy than the film is: the director is more concerned with playing up the realism and the romance - which was the right decision, or at least a right decision, since this is easily the finest screen version of the story ever made; certainly the best-looking, with some parts of the English countryside so lush they're almost primeval. In all respects it's a film to wallow in. And I might as well admit (although I don't expect anyone else to react the same way) that this is only the second film since Dumbo where I found myself crying towards the end. There, I said it.

Domino is based on the "true" story of Domino Harvey, who gave up being a model to become a bounty hunter (or bounty huntah!, as Knightley likes to pronounce it). Don't attempt to try and understand the storyline. It begins up front then cuts to a back story, then slaps in a middle story and then winds up in a desert someplace in the USA. Well that's not entirely true, there is a plot of sorts... something about money stolen from someplace that involves both the mafia and the F.B.I., dragging in some fringe criminals along the way, and ending up, guns drawn, in the tallest hotel in Las Vegas. Anyway, the plot isn't the reason to see this film, you should come along because, well basically bounty hunters are cool! Knightley does an excellent job as Domino, a definite detour from her usual choice of work (eg. Pride & Prejudice!), and though she apparently has a fear of guns, it wasn't at all noticeable. But it's the supporting characters that take the spotlight. This is a true team movie and it is excellently cast. This is a good film but I did find it pretty confusing. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoyed Man on Fire, Kill Bill or Pulp Fiction for a variety of reasons such as the hardcore reality, the suspense, the dialogue, the action, and the directing. So check it out and then come and find me and explain what it was all about!