Leofwine_draca PEGASUS VS. CHIMERA is a cheap fantasy film based on Greek mythology. Instead of filming it in Greece, they made it in some back woods in Canada somewhere, so a good suspension of disbelief is required to enjoy this film. Otherwise it's a standard SyFy Channel movie, packed with lame CGI effects and some very wooden performers.The light plot is about an evil king who kills off some people that the hero loves, including his own father. He also has a Chimera which he uses to massacre random folk. COMMANDO's Rae Dawn Chong shows up as a witch who helps the heroes by invoking the Pegasus. I should note that the famous winged horse only gets wings right at the end due to budgetary constraints and that's the only time we see it flying too. Elsewhere there's some very badly choreographed comedy, lame dialogue, and a general waste-of-time feel.

VeraWade Unfortunately, the good people at Syfy seem to have thought it does.While "Pegasus Vs. Chimera" is not the absolute worst of the Syfy library, it still fares extremely bad on pretty much all areas. The writing is bad and the acting is either over the top or emotionless (mostly the latter), so be prepared for a lot of cringe-worthy lines. The story is nothing special; there's a couple of bad guys who basically want to conquer the world. It's up to a blacksmith and a princess to stop them, and eventually there are a Chimera and a Pegasus fighting on both respective sides.At a lot of points a badly executed shaky cam technique is used. On top of that there are numerous, and may I add pointless, establishing shots that might give you motion sickness. Also, be prepared for a lot, and I mean a lot of unnecessary and abrupt cuts. Some of the scenery looks okay, however the bad guys do seem to like to visit the same beach a couple of times, which is also the same beach where the father of the hero was murdered years before. What a coincidence, huh?As might be expected of a Syfy movie, it contains a lot of bad CGI and special effects. The Chimera isn't well animated itself, but any scene in which someone fights him looks simply horrendous - that is as far as you can even see any of it, since there are so many cuts, even during the most important scenes. The way they tried to make an ordinary horse look like a Pegasus is possibly the worst aspect of this movie. As the title of this review says, footage of the horse is fast-forwarded to make it look like it has "extraordinary powers".One thing I did like about this movie, is that in one scene near the end of the movie, everyone is involved in a battle, while the horse quietly stands behind them, grazing. Hilarious.

Paul Magne Haakonsen Right, well there are worse SyFy Channel movies out there, and "Pegasus vs Chimera" is a close runner up. I enjoy fantasy movies and movies that deal with mythology, but this movie was just not really worth the effort.The story is about King Orthos (played by Carlo Rota) who wants to unite all seven realms into one nation with him as self-proclaimed emperor, and he lays waste to all in his path to oppose him and do not kneel before his might. Belleros (played by Sebastian Roché) who saw his father killed by King Orthos's men as a child is drawn into the conflict as an adult when princess Philony (played by Nazneen Contractor) shows up at his blacksmith store. But King Orthos have had his warlock Actae (played by James Kidnie) summon forth a chimera from Hades to track down and kill the last survivors that stand against him. And in order to best this demonic creature, Belleros and Philony gets help by a pegasus that is summoned to their aid by the witch Mayda (played by Rae Dawn Chong).The storyline and concept idea is in itself good enough and had potential. However, the movie just failed to deliver given its low production value, questionable CGI effects, and an overwhelming lack of convincing the audience that this is taking place in a fantasy setting.It should be said that the chimera was really nicely animated and looked rather cool. Thumbs up for this, because it really made the movie worth watching for this creature alone. The chimera looked realistic and moved about in a realistic way. Plus the details on it was quite cool, and it made for a pretty mean movie creature.But on the opposite hand, then the pegasus was really badly animated about 90% of the time you saw it. You never saw its wings disappear or appear, as this creature oddly enough could manage to make them go away when on the ground. And for some strange reason when airborne, the pegasus suddenly had armor and padding on it, but this magically disappeared together with the wings while on the ground. And pay close attention to the two scenes where the pegasus takes flight with Bellerus and Philony on it the first time, and again when it lands. By all that is unholy, that was some of the worst CGI animation I had ever seen.The acting in the movie was half-hearted and wooden at best. You never really bought into the characters, because they were portrayed in a sense that you made think that the actors themselves didn't buy into this movie.Speaking of half-hearted things, then the very first fight with two of King Orthos men - where Actae kills Bellerus's father - has got to be one of the worst sword battle scenes in the history of filmmaking. It was so wooden and badly choreographed that it was literally painful to witness.Princess Philony said in the movie, something about being able to lay a hail of arrows with her bow, but pay attention to how awkwardly she is holding the bow when firing it. It just makes you laugh."Pegasus vs Chimera" is in the lower end of the budget and entertainment-wise scale as far as fantasy movies go. If you watch this movie, do it for the chimera, because everything else was not really worth mentioning.

asphalthurtsmyface This movie was perfect! 2 minutes after putting in the DVD me and my date were deep into a make out session. It's the perfect reason play tonsil hockey for an extended period of time. If you need to come up for air, watch the last 15 minutes, it's really compelling. A horse with wings! Also a fun game to play is to put the movie on mute and add your own dialogue! This movie can't be taken seriously. It moves very slowly and will bore you to tears. Make sure you have a partner present who is ready to lock lips because that's the only thing to make this movie enjoyable. Pour some wine and get ready for some hot action, not on the screen but in your pants.