ankitrana-685-908257 First animation as well acting is very poor.Secondly story made me angry.Hero kills his own brother for power. And the heroine(knowing that his brother is killed by this man) sleep with hero and give the sword of his brother to that jerk, and her parents(parents of heroine) accept the man knowing he is the one who killed their son.Come on the act of the staring male was completely negative in the beginning and the female is like a sl*t and parents are cowards.So, the story make me so much angry on the staring female and their parents.Now the big monster, I hardly seen him killing someone or making destruction. Better skip this , or you will regret it

Paul Andrews Gryphon is set in a mythical world long ago which has been torn apart through civil war, Lockland Castle is surrounded by Delphites & the battles rages on. King Phillip (Adrian Pintea) of Lockland is devastated to learn of the death of his son in battle, he decides to let an evil sorcerer named Armand (Larry Drake) to resurrect an ancient creature with the had of an Eagle & the body of a Lion known as the Gryphon which Armand uses against both the forces of Lockland & Delphi so he can become ruler of the whole lot. Armand also becomes immortal & the only thing that can kill the Gryphon & Armand is the legendary Draconian Pike which has been split into two pieces & hidden. Princess Amelia of Lockland (Amber Benson) & Prince Seth of Delphi (Jonathan LaPaglia) must put the brutal civil war & their differences to one side as they team up to beat an even bigger threat as they go in search of the Craconian Pike which itself is fraught with danger...Slightly retitled to Attack of the Gryphon for it's DVD release this made for telly Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Feature' was directed by Andrew Prowse & is just about as bad as it sounds, the Sci-Fi Channel are up to their usual tricks with a lifeless, boring, silly & predictable mess of a film. The plot might have had some entertainment value if it had developed it's potential, a team of opposing soldiers in search of a mythical weapon with which to kill an evil sorcerer & his monster sounds alright & reminds me of those Sinbad films or Jason and the Argonauts where men set sail on a mission & encountered all sorts of monsters & dangers but here the script has these people just wandering through a wood which isn't any scarier or sinister just because we are told it's called the 'Valley of the Dead', when they find these parts of this Pike they have very little trouble getting them either, you would have thought a few traps or something might have helped but no, there's this statue which comes to life a has a sword fight with a bloke but that's it. Also the Gryphon itself is rather underused, all it ever does is either sit there or just swoop through the air at people on the ground, it never really fights anyone or does anything memorable. Even as a fantasy sword & sorcery adventure it fails as there's no adventure apart from riding through some woods, no sword fighting & an evil sorcerer who keeps letting people live at the end despite them wanting to kill him, at 85 minutes long it feels longer, the character's are all paper thin & the film just doesn't satisfy on any level.Being a telly film there's no blood, gore, violence or nudity to liven things up, poor show guy's. Despite being set in medieval times the horses have nice new saddles, costumes have zippers & one of Armand's women wears a red rubber fetish outfit the entire film. Period accuracy or trying to create an ambiance wasn't high in the makers list of priorities was it? There's no excitement, no scares, no action & the whole thing just plods along in uninspired fashion. Most of the so called mission to find the Pike takes place off screen & their progress is shown on an old parchment map that pops up every so often to let the viewer know where our heroes are. The CGI computer effects are bad with some shots of the Gryphon coming across as unintentionally funny, the magic effects don't fare much better either.Filmed in Romania this look repetitive & has little going for it. The acting is mediocre at best from a cast that deserves better really, Larry Drake as the bad guy is OK I suppose.Gryphon is yet another bad, predictable & boring Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Feature' with more terrible effects. This had the potential to be alright but it isn't so don't waste your time on it.

bth2004 What can I say? Some films just plain suck. Whether they are cheaply done or filled with bad actors or have a bad director or whatever, some just aren't good. This is one of those for most every reason you can name.First, the acting. I don't think I've seen any of these actors before (except the one who was the wizard, I have seen him in something; personally, I thought his performance was the only one in this that was worth anything), and I'm not broken up about it. Not a one was worth much at all. Amber Benson was especially bad (to everyone who likes her and thinks she's hot and everything, sorry; she's cute, but that doesn't make up for terrible acting). Jonathan LaPaglia was pretty bad too.Next, the effects. Does anybody agree that the Gryphon effect was one of the worst CGI's in the history of CGI? Dear Lord above save us from such atrociousness! They should have spent more on that one and less on everything else! Finally, the plot. Nothing too original here, and some was cheesy-cliché--the prince and princess sleeping together (that scene was a blatant rip-off of Troy!), the two nations working together (multiple fantasy and sci-fi movies), the nations reuniting into one at the end (blah blah blah).Don't waste brain matter watching this movie. It just is not worth it. And for the love of God, don't buy or rent it! Don't' encourage these morons to make anything else.

Petros Rodakinias The fact that so many fantasy movies turn out to be unforgivably bad, is something that surprises me every time. It is beyond me how anyone can turn fantasy into total boredom, but it is obvious that there are many people that can do just that. Of course, Gryphon is no exception and it probably is one of the worst fantasy films ever made. Why is it so bad? Let's see: 1. the story is boring and unimaginative. 2. tons of clichés that don't even make sense 3. mediocre - and often bad - acting 4. lousy CGI effects - it reminded me old movies like Jason and the Argonauts, except when they made those movies they had an excuse 5. uninteresting direction 6. the main monster is a ...gryphon? To be honest this should have tipped me off from the start 7. the people that made this film don't know the first thing about fantasy 8. I could go on but what's the point?So, was there anything good about this film? Well, yes. It ended. All in all, a total waste of my time. Watch it at your own risk. You have been warned. 2/10 for this one.