TWO KNIGHTS, PLAYED BY NICOLAS CAGE AND RON PERLMAN, DEFECT FROM THE CRUSADES. WHEN THEY ARE CAPTURED AND CHARGED AS DESERTERS, THEY ARE GIVEN A WAY OUT BY THE CHURCH: TAKE AN ACCUSED WITCH TO A MONASTERY TO BE JUDGED BY MONKS TO SEE IF SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BLACK PLAGUE THAT HAS RAVAGED THE LAND.
THIS IS A VERY GOOD ACTION MOVIE. THERE ARE PLENTY OF FIGHT SEQUENCES, ALTHOUGH NOT TOO BLOODY SINCE IT IS RATED PG-13. AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE ABBEY, THEY DO RUN INTO A FEW OBSTACLES THAT ALSO CREATE SOME GOOD ACTION SCENES. THE MOVIE STARTS OUT BASED IN HISTORY, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A FEW MISTAKES, AND GRADUALLY MOVES INTO MORE OF A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION STORY. THE CGI EFFECTS ARE DONE WELL, BUT TO ME THEY ALWAYS SEEM A BIT CARTOONISH, BUT THEN THAT IS INEVITABLE WITH CGI. CAGE AND PERLMAN ARE BELIEVABLE AS KNIGHTS, BUT SOME OF THEIR LINES SEEM A LITTLE TO CONTEMPORARY TO BE SAID IN THE 14TH CENTURY. THE SUPPORTING CAST ALSO DOES WELL, ESPECIALLY CLARE FOY WHO PLAYS THE WITCH: 90% OF HER SCREEN TIME IS SPENT CAGED UP IN A WAGON -- THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN EASY. THE ENDING WRAPS UP THE STORY WELL, BUT IT IS A LITTLE "HOLLYWOOD" IN ITS POSITIVE OUTLOOK.
RATING 4 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD CONTAINS ONLY THE MOVIE.
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