![]() The fights were amazing and bloody but I thought some gory scenes weren't shown to us, we just get to see the aftermath especially in the first half. I think it's better than The Northman in the sense it's paced better and has more story in my opinion, cinematography might not be as great but still pretty good. A little sad because I have a feeling the movie won't get the recognition it deserves. The acting was splendid by the whole cast. There wasn't as much character development but I think they didn't have time for that, it focuses more on the story and that was enough to get you invested in the characters by the end. Straight from the start it reminded me of History's Vikings tv series, if you're a fan of that you might love this as well. I didn't have much expectation heading into this, I just generally love watching medieval films and series purely for the gore I think watching people wage war with spears, battle axes, maces and swords is much more thrilling than gun fights, still love them though. Again, the faulty audio almost ruined everything! The fighting scenes are well arranged, brutal, bloody and realistic enough to make you cringe sometimes. Sophie Lowe also acted well for her tragic role in this movie, but luckily, her character was much well developed as the storyline went on. Michael Caine also faithfully did his part, even it's such a weightless role. Ben Foster did a very good job, but the screenplay didn't give him too much to develop and show the character he played. There are so many negative reviews against this movie, but to me, it's a decent and seriously made one, at least worth watching once for your time and money. The crew who took care of the audio part of this movie should never be hired by any other movie makers in case to cause the similar problems. ![]() It seems that there were lot of times, the microphone was placed either too far away or too high to record the characters dialog so that always ended up either too vague or too low to be heard clearly. It also made me wonder if the production team hired a qualified enough audio professional group to handle the recording or microphone. ![]() The dialog between or among the characters sometimes was too low or too vague to be heard clearly, and most of the time was blocked by the annoying loud soundtrack which supposedly should be in the background and subtle enough to support the ongoing of the story, but sadly, the music often played too loud and over-the-top dominant over the scenes, and lot of times too religiously annoying. Yes, this movie got a serious audio and soundtrack problems. But this movie turned out to be pretty good actually. Unlike most of the negative low ratings against this movie that almost made me decide to not viewing it and, even when I finally decided to give it a try, my expectation was still not quite high enough to give it a full shot.
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