Warlord

Warlord is one of those movies that really pulls you in and doesn't let go. The story feels fresh but familiar in the best way, and the world-building is seriously impressive. I especially liked the use of magic, not too much, but just enough.

The performances are strong across the board, and the visuals have this gritty, lived-in feel that makes everything more real.

The pacing is tight too - it always feels like something important is about to happen, and you're just glued to it. You can tell a lot of care went into every part of it, from the costumes to the music. Definitely worth checking out if you like smart, grounded fantasy.

If you're expecting some Spiderman action, this is obviously an indie and you can see they worked with what they had. Which they did really well.

The Good News: The cinematography and acting are decent. Too bad you don't see a fantasy movie for the acting.

The plot is boringly xenophobic and the usual anti-authority: The elves and humans don't get along, with the humans holding all of the cards and the elves being exiled to the woods. The sheriff is right from the Stock Evil collection: He's running roughshod over the local population while forcefully taking control of the bakeries and forcing others into the mines.

In other words, nothing you really haven't seen before. Adding to the fun is the usual over-the-top violence.

Then there's the ending, which isn't exactly your feel-good ending, which comes from nowhere. It's nice that the bad guys get punished, but only by making the chasm between elves and humans even deeper. It's the sole surprise in the movie.

All told, there is a surprise ending to the movie, but it's unlikely most people would last past the first twenty minutes. There's a lot of scenery chewing, but it doesn't really add to the movie and most of it has no payoff. You can miss this movie with little worry of missing anything important.

Seriously, this has been rated 6.5!!??

Bad as acting, bad story line, bad filming bad scenes, bad bad bad... where is the minus button. Disjointed, not even artistic, I just can't believe this was even released...3 times I was soo close to turning it off, but I persevered in the interest of... maybe it'll pick up... but no... it didn't. You could tell the actors just wanted it to be over so they could go home and forget about this miserable assignment. Some major investments needed for any sequel, better screen writing, better actors better shooting, better everything ... worst thing is that I wasted 1.40min on this drivel... bad, bad, bad!

My favorite actor is Bruce Campbell. While I enjoy blockbusters, I do enjoy B movies. First, the opening "Star Wars" scroll was not only too small to read quickly, but written so poorly I almost didn't watch the movie. There are some good actors, but not the elf leader. Speaking of Elfs.. my geek past of D&D and LotR.. Elfs are blonde, very thin, agile and great with a bow. Not in this movie. It was an ok movie and some mid and less characters were good actors. Writers and parts of the costumes were as bad as the poor, chunky elf leader.

What in the hell did I just watch? I'm sat stunned by the sheer audacity that people are responsible for churning this plate of utter crap out. I've no idea of what actually went on because it makes no sense. Nothing really happens. It's just a complete waste of time and effort.

I love a good fantasy film but this is fantasy for the wrong reason. They've obviously fantasised that anyone would be slightly interested in watching such drivel.

The acting is terrible. The settings are done in some park woodland. The script and story are just all over the place. This is just so bad on all levels. Charges should be brought against all those involved in it.