From Academy Award® nominated director Michael Radford comes the critically acclaimed screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's controversial classic THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Antonio (Academy Award winner, Jeremy Irons from Kingdom Of Heaven) a successful but cash poor merchant approaches Shylock (Academy Award winner, Al Pacino from The Recruit) a wealthy moneylender for a loan to help his young friend Bassanio (Joseph Fiennes from Shakespeare In Love) woo the fair Portia (Lynn Collins from X- Men Origins: Wolverine). Despite being long time enemies Shylock grants the request but demands one pound of Antonio's flesh if the debt is not repaid on time. When Antonio defaults on the loan Shylock seeks what is legally owed to him but soon learns that those to whom evil is done do evil in return.