I cavalieri che fecero l'impresa

In the 13th century a group of knights set out to find a sacred relic in Greece.

This piqued my interest as it seemed like an epic medieval tale, complete with a quest and all things knight-related. Well, at nearly 2.5 hours it's epic alright, but not in a good way.

This is pretty much a rambling adventure, and I use the word "adventure" very liberally as the word would imply excitement. Here it means the main characters occasionally get into a spot of bother and for the most part get out of it. Unfortunately, most of the movie is less action-filled or when it is it is nonsensical.

So what you have is a drawn-out random plot with the occasional action scene. Some of the action scenes are pretty good though and these prevent the film from being total waste. The final battle scene is particularly interesting. The action scenes are also very gritty - the violence is quite graphic - giving some degree of authenticity to proceedings.

A tighter plot and 30 minutes shorter film and it could have been pretty decent.