Review: Knights of Bloodsteel

I’d say, all of but the second part of the two part series and any of the scenes that included the evil Dragon Eye, (at least until the end of the movie) was crapp. It reminded me of a lord of the rings noch-off so badly done that it was more like watching a Power Rangers show. It did have a good story, but the dialog was so badly written that I felt bad for the actors.

The cast did a decent job; Christopher Lloyd did well as a sorcerer. It’s nice to see that he’s still around doing movies. The rest of the Knights did well to portray their roles, as well, even with the crappy dialog. Note that David Elliott looked the part - though weaving in and out of the right voice - I still couldn’t stop myself from seeing him as the Jag officer. He still made for a pretty good “bad asss” Assassin.

The CG work was a bit better than most B rated movies. I’m looking forward to when these things can look even better. Unfortunately, the small number of extras in the movie was noticeable and some of the scenes did look like there were done on a set. The lack of money was probably due to the hiring of several of the bigger named actors. The considerable amount of CG work must have also been made at considerable cost.

Overall, this movie could have been better. Why not just cut its length in half? Especially, if they had removed about 90% of the Dragon Eye scenes - I ended up fast forwarding through these parts because I just didn’t care. If they could have also spend more time on fewer CG scenes, fixed the dialog, removed 90% of the first of the movie, and perhaps added instead a small scene for the back-story to John the Assassin and a small scene for a little back-story to Tesselink, (for Character development); this movie could have been something.

All that being said, I did find the second half entertaining. I especially appreciated the dragon burning the map causing Perfidia’s struggle to deal with her failure, John at her side - an example of rich character development. Adric and Ber-Lak side stories were also an added benefit to the story but very predictable. Oh, and Gardiner Miller made for a good evil elf, orc, goblin, or whatever he was supposed to be. As a side note, I’m so glad that this was recorded because I never would have made through all of the commercials otherwise.