Bruno Kirby, Jack Thompson, Jennifer Jason Leigh
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 3, 2004
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Flixster Reviews (190)
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March 19, 2009This was a movie I saw several times when I was younger, mailny due to choice restrictions (yes kids, a long time ago, around the time fire was invented, we used to be limited to what our parents bothered to record on a VHS tape. You know, a piece of plastic with actual tape insi...( read more)
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July 3, 2007This was the first film I ever bought on VHS and I've lost count of the number of times I've watched it. Everything about this movie is first class and Rutger Hauer gives the most charismatic performance of his career. It's powerful stuff and I'm always surprised that so few peop...( read more)
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February 21, 2007Blood, busoms, and Rutger Hauer. Sword and sandals type medieval epic is somewhat obvious but still fun.
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October 17, 2009In many ways, this is more medieval than many other movies. The davinci-esque war engine, the super black plague, are some of its faults. The fact that Rutger Hauer is either the villian or the hero depending on what side you take.
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September 17, 2009Brutal film! Great fun to watch...however if you are watching on a laptop on a busy train like I did, you may feel a bit sheepish!
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August 16, 2009One of the few films I would call a masterpiece. But that's coming from someone who thinks Apocalypse Now is the finest cinematic experience ever realized, so take that for what its worth. RoboCop, I would call a masterpiece. U Turn, I would call a masterpiece. Big Lebowski, I wo...( read more)
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July 4, 2009This was a surprise that I liked it as much as I did. While it has all the trademarks of a Verhoeven film (excess blood & nudity) this was made before he went way over the top with films like Basic Instinct. Hauer is really good in this and so Leigh who tops him in the fact that ...( read more)
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June 20, 2009This film is definitely off the beaten track. I enjoyed it a lot, and thought that there were some truly stand-out performances here, notably Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Some other actors and actresses that I didn't recognize were excellent. The tone is relentlessly bl...( read more)
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May 21, 2007I have watched this epic approx. 30 times and still enjoy the raw vision of what the past may have looked like....violence, sex, religious beliefs were all part of this period..also Jennifer didn't look bad in costume of choice...Rutger as great as ever.......Phil
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