Abrucard
Well, for the most part, it was pretty straight forward with the story. The thing that struck me at first, was their costumes and makeup seemed too pristine. They seemed like they were in a film, not real life, too clean cut, if you know what I mean. The acting was good, better than most low budgets. The special effects, well, you get the idea, they didn't have countless millions to spend on them, so you don't see much of the dragon, except towards the end, briefly, so if you are used to the Hollywood blockbuster effects, you'll be disappointed. However, if you are a fan of independent or small scale films, this one is for you. In my opinion, pay no mind to the belligerent reviews below. This film was well done, with what resources they had. It is not even close to the worst film I have seen (see Psycho Ward if you want BAD). Bottom line, you gotta at least give it a chance. Worth renting, not buying (though you can watch it for free on Hulu, so no gripes about wasted money).
stephenbooth-uk
This film is so bad I'm stuck where to start. The acting? The FX? The plot? The camera work? The costumes? Actually the costumes weren't too bad.Acting was variable, from fan film to school play. Junior school (that's age 7 to 11, translate to your local education equivalent for non UK people) school play that is. Wooden would be an up. The most rational explanation I can think of is that the cast were basically handed the scripts 5 minutes before each take and not given the chance to even talk to each other. I have seen worse acting from professionals, but only in classes where they are demonstrating how not to do it.FX were poor, both CGI and physical. The dragon, when you could see it, looked like a stop-motion shot with a mobile phone (my niece makes short films that way, the amusement of herself and friends, so I know the comparison is apt). Camera work was shaky, close to that of the Blair Witch Project or Cloverfield, where at least that was deliberate and part of the story.The plot was largely absent, narrative causality and storyline were largely missing leaving us with a poorly connected network of events.To be fair, I didn't see to the end. After just shy of an hour neither I nor my sister could bear to watch any more so we switched off and put "Rachel Getting Married" on. If faced with this film I recommend you do the same.Stephen
tdzz1
This is the worst movie i have ever turned off after ten minutes. The script was written by a middle schooler. The actors were wooden at best. The camera looked like it was being held by a drunken chimpanzee. I find it hard to believe there was any post production work done on this movie. If these are the best shots the worst must be truly awful. This is not even a B movie. This is an F movie. Everybody involved flunked. The reason i finally bailed on this stinker was the camera work in a fight scene. It made the Blair Witch Project seem like a high budget Michal Mann film. it was hard to get ten lines of comment because even now i am trying to form a mental block so i will forget i ever seen a movie of such low caliber.
simian1998
I was pretty unbiased when it came to watching this film, i did not read any reviews and just went by the title name as a guide to what this film would be like. From the get-go the movie lacked any real appeal to be honest, it was slow, obviously not thought out (or perhaps to thought out), and what is with the bizarre camera moves in the first and second fight? My guess would be a quick cover up of cheap acting. As above mentioned the acting was not of top quality, which is okay if its sincere, but in this its just poor, at least try to choreograph the fights not just have a few 'orcs' run at them. I'm sorry, I'm rambling, its very hard to list the problems with this film and really describe them so anyone who's not already seen it would understand, i think the best thing to do is to say, if you want to be disappointed watch this film, if not do not bother...
AD
