The Four Warriors - Der finale Kampf

I can barely believe I watched this to the end - this is, without much doubt, the worst film I think I've ever seen, and I've seen the Dungeons and Dragons films. The clunky, heavy handed plotting, the glaring genre signposting, the rabid cliches, generally awful acting, the painfully ridiculous wobbly fight scenes, the equally wobbly demon fingers, the drudgery of the action, and the condensed and, frankly, token ending climactic (maybe climatic would be a more appropriate term, used in relation to the weather in this film's case - it did have some nice weather shots, which felt more urgent than the plot ...) scene punch this film into the minus score zone. In fairness, there were some nice scenery shots, and there is, perhaps, something to be said for the villiage architecture aiming at something more generally 'historic' (at least they tried). Keeping one eye on a pretty hunky Hadrian Howard did keep me awake at least, even if he had some dreadful lines (admittedly getting some stiff competition from pretty much every other character in that department - and the accents were awful). As others have rightly said, if this was billed as a comedy it might have worked, with a bit of additional effort - it did have its 'you've got to be kidding me' moments - but the wink to the camera just doesn't come. That is and hour and a half of my life I clearly won't be getting back.

Terrible script, laughable acting talent and childish make up. This film is so bad that it is like a poor school play. I stuck with it over three days as I kept falling asleep watching it. I persevered simply because I could not believe how bad it was and wanted to see whether there was anything good. In the end I discovered something - the reason Odo in Game of Thrones has no lines is because he's a useless actor. Positively the worst film I have ever seen and if I could give it a minus score I would. The location was not bad I suppose - but then that's nature. The monsters were worse than a 1960s Doctor Who special effect trial. The few special effects they tried were silly. All I can say is bad bad bad bad bad.

The dialogue is a bit weak here and there, but not absolutely terrible, considering. The story itself is not particularly engaging. The acting itself was OK, all things considered, and above par for a low budget movie. The fight scenes, however, were ridiculous -- swing a sword like you mean it, man! The final fight was just as ridiculous.

I will say that I thought it was mostly well shot and edited, though, everything considered.

I found most of the characters personable which offers a certain amount of redemption to the film, and of them I liked the Mule although I spent the first 30 minutes wondering why they had him carrying around a bundle of wood when there is wood all over the flippin' place...

Oh dear, they did try, bless them. This film is so bad its actually funny. If it had been marketed as a satire of the warrior/action film genre and had thrown in a few Monty Pyton style gags, it might have even been a minor hit.

By and large for me at least, the only way to watch this film from end to end is to treat it as a comedy of errors. Bad sets, bad costumes, hilarious fight scenes and generally chuckle worthy acting. Its the kind of production you might expect the Lower Putney Medieval Enactment Society to put on after a minor win at Lotto.

My advice, watch this one when you have had a few beers and you are in the mood for a laugh. You wont be disappointed. One out of ten from me.

Fantasy has to be the most underused genre these days, it's so rare to see one grace the silver screen and even straight to DVD movies are few and far between compared to every other genre.

The Four Warriors tells the story of *Drumroll* four warriors who come to the aid of a town where all the men and children have been taken during the night by unseen forces.

Lots of character development is on display but very little else.

It all looks the part as they often do, from the locations to the costumes it certainly looks authentic but when it comes to actual sfx it lacks. Thankfully it avoids CGI but its practical sfx are really poor and let the movie down.

The Four Warriors is nothing to write home about and certainly doesn't do anything to help the representation of fantasy movies but isn't as bad as most of the reviews would suggest.

Bad, but not THAT bad.

The Good:

Settings are great

The Bad:

Kristian Nairn

"Demons" look terrible

Has no real flow

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

"God & fighting do not go together" has to be the most ironic line I've ever heard in a movie.............ever