Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Ralph Fiennes& directorial debut CORIOLANUS scripted by John Logan updates one of Shakespeare&s more difficult plays without sacrificing the Bard&s original dialogue Set in modern times the movie stars Fiennes as the title character a fierce General able to fight Rome&s most dreaded enemies as well as quell civil unrest from a lack of food When politicians convince Coriolanus to become a political leader his natural fierceness & lack of political instincts lead to him being disgraced by other politicians & eventually forced to leave Rome after being branded a traitor He then joins with his former enemies to invade Rome & the only person who may be able to talk him out of this revenge plan is his mother (Vanessa Redgrave)