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Nicolas Cage and Ron Pearlman star in this supernatural, action adventure about a heroic Crusader and his closest friend, who return home after decades of fierce fighting, only to find their world destroyed by plague.
The church elders, convinced that a girl accused of being a witch is responsible for the devastation, command the two to transport the strange girl to a remote monastery where monks will perform an ancient ritual to rid the land of her curse.
They embark on a harrowing, action-filled journey that will test their strength and courage as they discover the girl's dark secret and find themselves battling a terrifyingly powerful force that will determine the fate of the world.
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Review by: kiwireviewer-00
Dated: 17th of July, 2011
Having originally been put off Nicolas Cage by his role in 'Snake Eyes' many years ago, it has been a long road back to acceptance for him in my eyes. His role in 'Next' did him great credit, despite the sad performance in 'Lord of War'. This wasn't one of his best... but it certainly wasn't his worst performance... though in this he was falling into the Keanu Reeves trap of being an actor playing an actor playing a role... (Oh c'mon... you can't tell me you haven't noticed Keanu is always Keanu?!)
In this movie, Nicolas is a Knight of the Crusades, deserter and renegade, along with his partner in battle played by Ron Perlman... and there is basically NO real action. Personally, I would have classified this more as a 'fantasy drama' than anything else.
This isn't a BAD movie... but it's just missing so much -oomph- where there was potential for it to be much, much more engaging, entertaining and exciting... I mean, witches, Knights, swords, paranormal... all set in the middle of the Black Plague... how could they have managed to take this promise of 'spicy salsa taco' and turn it into 'baked beans on toast, with some cheese'?!
Overall... you would really have to be into the psychological dramas to find this engrossing, but for a bit of light TV late at night without the worry of bad dreams afterwards, it has it's place... it's a generic chewing gum in a high-brand wrapper of a movie, but you know, there are those who will find this great viewing... but more who will be glad they rented it instead of bought it.
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