Honestly i picked this up in a bargain bin at 2$. I got it cause Catelyn Stark was on the cover... Looks like there is also another minor character from game of thrones too. Also i like medieval movies so why not give it a shot? I never saw the first one...
Well.... this was a let down. The biggest problem is the shaky cam... holy cow does it ruin the fight scenes so bad. Its so shaky you can't see anything. Then when it comes to story, i really didn't like the character development they tried to do with some. It just felt off. For example the woman who was saved from death and then used as a mercenary kinda rape the "young lord" but thats it... there is nothing more like trying to establish love or whatever. And then she eventually go on and have sex with the main character's side kick and the young lord kinda feel sadness? Like what...? They kinda try to aim at a love interest but it never goes anywhere.
I could speak of the executioner character too which story arc goes nowhere. But the main focus of the movie is clearly fight scenes and with the shaky cam problems they are not enjoyable the least. Actually you kinda welcome the acting and story parts because of it.
Then the ending make no sense. First the Scottish guys seem like they are an endless hordes, when they looked mostly like a couple dozens at first when the movie start. They retreat 2 times after 2 fail attempts and loose many men, yet at the end they figure out they should try something different and they still seem to have dozens of soldiers. Then there is only the good guy left with the 2 women, so he challenge main bad guy to a 1 on 1 fight, seem cliché as the scotts have already won anyway, there many left for no good guys. And then after one of the woman intervene the Scottish guy get kill by a cheap shot and his soldiers pretty much just say oh well... you won, we out of here. Like what??? Its not even like it was established that that guy, the second in command, was against the decisions of his leader.
Oh and did i mention the castle had no arrows??? I mean, i dunno historically when arrows and bows where invented, but it does seem weird to see a castle defence without those. With bow and arrows they would had kill most of the attackers very quickly.
Anyway, i was a bit entertain by the movie at times, so its not a total failure, but the shaky cam is unforgivable, STOP USING SHAKY CAM DEAR DIRECTORS, nobody like it !!!
I feel like I'm VERY generous with a 5 out of 10
Well.... this was a let down. The biggest problem is the shaky cam... holy cow does it ruin the fight scenes so bad. Its so shaky you can't see anything. Then when it comes to story, i really didn't like the character development they tried to do with some. It just felt off. For example the woman who was saved from death and then used as a mercenary kinda rape the "young lord" but thats it... there is nothing more like trying to establish love or whatever. And then she eventually go on and have sex with the main character's side kick and the young lord kinda feel sadness? Like what...? They kinda try to aim at a love interest but it never goes anywhere.
I could speak of the executioner character too which story arc goes nowhere. But the main focus of the movie is clearly fight scenes and with the shaky cam problems they are not enjoyable the least. Actually you kinda welcome the acting and story parts because of it.
Then the ending make no sense. First the Scottish guys seem like they are an endless hordes, when they looked mostly like a couple dozens at first when the movie start. They retreat 2 times after 2 fail attempts and loose many men, yet at the end they figure out they should try something different and they still seem to have dozens of soldiers. Then there is only the good guy left with the 2 women, so he challenge main bad guy to a 1 on 1 fight, seem cliché as the scotts have already won anyway, there many left for no good guys. And then after one of the woman intervene the Scottish guy get kill by a cheap shot and his soldiers pretty much just say oh well... you won, we out of here. Like what??? Its not even like it was established that that guy, the second in command, was against the decisions of his leader.
Oh and did i mention the castle had no arrows??? I mean, i dunno historically when arrows and bows where invented, but it does seem weird to see a castle defence without those. With bow and arrows they would had kill most of the attackers very quickly.
Anyway, i was a bit entertain by the movie at times, so its not a total failure, but the shaky cam is unforgivable, STOP USING SHAKY CAM DEAR DIRECTORS, nobody like it !!!
I feel like I'm VERY generous with a 5 out of 10