Ian Bourne
This film tested my limited knowledge of German and there were no subtitles to piggyback off of either! The real hero for me is the remaining head of the "gut" or "good" Templars, but his second-in-command is a better leader in my view.The villains are definitely sepulchral and that is as it should be, yet in their view they are as pure or better than the real Templars - they pulled a smart one in making the boy David believe the Head Templar tried to kill his girlfriend - but think about it? When did he use anything but a sword? As for the training of David, while thorough, that seems too fast for the space of time elapsed in the film, yet this is "Berlin-wood" I guess...The fiercest fighter was at the end, a long haired "good" Templar who fought six men at the same time, he was my favorite! The movie was long yet very fast-paced and it had a great cliff-hanger that seems a bit like another tale from a long long ago in a galaxy far, far away, LOL!Still, I eagerly await the conclusion and its repercussions!!http://tinyurl.com/3464k/
Lars-Toralf Storstrand
1 Cup "Indiana Jones"-flour1 Cup "Highlander"-sugar1 dash of "Underworld"-yeast1 Cup "National Treasure"-spice2 Cups of skimmed milk á lá "The Da Vinci Code"Mix it all thoroughly together and bake it in your DVD-player at 400 degrees for approximately 3 hours.After removing from the oven sift over a measure of icing sugar and arrange with various items of fineries - before serving it with a load of fantasy and decent marketing.
GMTMaster
Some good moments, so many bad onesThis made for TV movie has definitely some good moments, no it's not the script, that's a bad moment it's the locations for example. Shot in Lithuania, with some truly breathtaking views of the former Russian enclave.Story sets around the legendary temple knights and, yes you guessed it, 'Highlander'. (Twist your neck again and again bad fellow) Young student (Mirko Land) doesn't know he is a chosen one, a direct descendant of one of the founding temple members
. Bad thing is, he is wanted by both his parents, his evil mom and noble dad. (Harald Krassnitzer He's really good) and then it's about the holy grail again
Minus point: Absolutely cool sword fights (for a TV Movie) are completely and utterly ruined with loud and cheep computer music. Why? Why on earth do German TV Movies have to have an abundance of music in all the wrong places. This one is no. 1 for worst sound design and music, EVER in MOVIE. Watch any US / GB / FRENCH sword fights and voila, the less music the better morons. To round it up. Whatever happened to former beauty Catherine Flemming? Here she looks like a mob and is completely out of place acting wise. Two part miniseries, good ratings but lost about 1 Million viewers on the second part. No wonder, 'you can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all times
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akmarzik
I really liked this movie very much. It tells a moving story in a quite straightforward way. The viewers are immediately drawn to identify with the main character David, an orphan who gradually discovers his roots and with them a feud of several centuries' duration that he suddenly finds himself involved in.The acting was quite good, especially the young couple (I already liked Alicja Bachleda-Curus in "Sommersturm"). And there are some very nice swordfighting scenes between the two rivalling orders.Some characters were too transparent from the beginning (I knew the villain after five minutes) and they seem to have borrowed some traits from other movies (X-men, Indiana Jones), but hey! this is a young director. And he took on quite a big issue: some of the great relics of Christianity (the Holy Grail etc.), the Order of the Temple, ancient rivalry, two love stories....(no wonder there are a few loose ends).All in all, it's really worth watching. I enjoyed it immensely!
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