141 A.D. Mission in Dacia

It looks like a terrible amateur movie, some acting consists solely or angrily staring away from the camera.. It's really a waste of 1,5 hours. The camera views were somewhat smartly chosen to prevent actually needing a bit more actors to make a decent battle scene.. I hated this.. and have seen better amateur shot movies!!

I was waiting for about 20 minutes into the movie expecting it to become a bit better and interesting but it only became worse!!

I usually love non-american movies because they take the freedom to more than regular shots and feel much more artistic than the regular American movies.. but this was really awful!

I've watched this film yesterday, at Cinema Glendale, within the IPIFF festival. I've enjoyed the film a lot, especially its modern aesthetics and visual style as well as its story. In terms of visual style there are realistic elements related to the historical context but also some fantasy elements, like a Dacian plant with almost magical properties and a bright comet, but the realism and the fantastic are so well blended together that you can't tell which is which. What I also liked was the story, which had some Hero's Journey elements within the narrative structure. The film is very realistic in its approach and takes its time to thrill the audience and keep them on the edge of their seats, at least that's what it did with me. One last thing I have to mention is that the production value was so rich: from authentic costumes to buildings, structures, items, weapons, the way the Dacians and Romans fight, everything was so well researched and put together that at some points it felt like a documentary rather than a thriller. A wonderful historical thriller that's a must watch. Great film, great cast, great team!

Something different than the usual bloody battle and unrealistic jumpy warriors. Some nice cinematography, with nice Romanian landscapes, very good costumes and the basic idea was offering. I like movies with more visual aproaches and not to be overspoken and explicited. Clearly a low-budget and amateur actors but for a low budget lI would say its fine. Sure a slow a pace for these days.

'141 AD Mission in Dacia' is a low-budget independent Romanian production about four Roman soldiers who are dispatched from a plague-ridden fort on the Dacian frontier to travel north into barbarian lands and recover a legendary magical healing herb.

It sure looks like this was a bunch of Roman re-enactors who thought "hey, we've got period clothing, weapons, armor, and props, so let's make a movie!" (which is the kind of production ethos that I totally support). The costumes and equipment on display are top-notch and historically-accurate -- it's always nice to see Romans wearing lorica hamata (that's 'chainmail' for you mundanes) -- and while the actors are clearly amateurs, the deficiencies in their performances are mostly obscured by the fact that they're speaking in Romanian, which, conveniently, operates as creditable stand-in for Latin.

Now, be warned, this is a micro-budget affair, and if that bothers you, then you have to go watch something else. Otherwise, I would only fault the film for being too long for the simple story that unfolds -- the movie has a *lot* of pure filler shots, and is about twice the length that it really should be. That said, this movie is still well-worth 88 minutes of your time.

Apart from horrible names and horrible actors. This movie is great to watch with friends and destroy every detail on a fundamental level.

Bad names for stuff like "The death star" or "Snake mountains" sound like they are taken from a DnD campaign.

Good costumes but they are from a separate company so it doesn't count. They must've run out of money to cover up the actor's tattoos with these.

Great landscapes bad movie bad bad movie bad fight scenes bad acting bad music for scenes

for some reason you are able to survive a snake bite by eating plant. Characters are shallow nothing gets you attached to them. Found myself rooting for the death of Centurion.

The english subtitles are just horrible and have no excuse.

But this movie is great for memes. Would've made a GREAT comedy movie.

The plot is bad Minerva is basically the goddess of arts and crafts so that is beyond stupid, Bonus points for colored statues The blood looks like chocolate Dumping dead bodies on the side of the road instead of properly disposing of them.

Too short. Inconclusive

Overall 4/10. Good to get drunk to and watch with friends.