The original LORD OF THE DANCE (1997) by Michael Flatley at his peak was, and still is, a spectacle and triumph. The follow-up FEET OF FLAME (1998) managed somehow to reach the same level of success. There are quite a few similar filmed performances by the tap dance legend himself or others. Frankly, not much point to watch them - except the above-mentioned two.

As a stage show, LOTD: DG is not bad at all. It's a colorful light entertainment not much different from Legs & Co., and the audience get to stargaze Flatley who tried very, very hard. The most unpleasant element in it is the video presenting green stuff at the back. They look fake, messy and tooooo green.

As a filmed performance, on the other hand, LOTD: DG is much less exciting than its sources of 1997 and 1998. The music is softer, the dance involves little with the true Lord, the background images interfere with the actions in front. ..... This game is NOT dangerous.

Big production and expensive budget no doubt and looks spectacular, dancers are quality and super choreographed though music not as addictive or memorable , but not a patch on Riverdance which still sets the benchmark for Irish dancing and was more joyous and family oriented also not as dark

Appearance of Flatley is a nice touch, though his heyday has gone. But he can still bust some moves,though not keen on him taking the spotlight from the main dancers.

But all in all worth a watch and enjoyable enough, but those of you who have seen both shows will like me probably only go back to one show time and time again.

When you think of traditional British folk dance, you think Ceilidh, Morris, Maypole, Irish Jig/Step, etc. What you DON'T think is Michael Flatley !

So here we have 'Irish Dance' (defined by its broadest possible definition !) in the form of Generation-Z pop tunes, dancers and singers in tarty make-up and cheap outfits, tattooed muscley blokes who look like they were drafted in from a building site, Millennium-era Terminator-style robot-dancers, highly plastic digitally-projected backdrops of unicorns, and for the sake of calling it 'Irish', all that prestigious (ie: pretentious) overly-proficient step-tapping. (The latter kinda the polar-opposite of the traditional orientation and purpose of British folk dance as a cultural medium for everyone !)

DON'T GO AND SEE THIS PLASTIC AMERICANIZED MILLENNIUM CORPORATE TRIPE !