Steven H. There can be no dispute, this is an amazingly bad film. First off, it's badly written. I honestly don't think I have ever read, watched or heard a story more uninteresting than the story this film is based on. What few 'twists' there are- equally boring and confusing in places. The acting, plain bad. I understand that pretending to fight a monster that's going to be added in with special effects later may be a bit difficult, but surely they should look like there fighting in the same battle, rather than waving there weapons around seemingly at random. The choreography was terrible. And from start to finish, the whole film was simply a bunch of people hanging about, talking incessantly and occasionally getting into a fight. Remind you of Big Brother?

kimberroo My family sat to watch this movie and were so terribly disappointed that we couldn't sit through the whole movie. Awful acting and even worse special effects. The cast of yet unknown actors and actresses will remain unknown after a performance like this one. We love the genre and sit and watch LOTR and others like it over and over again. I do not expect every movie caring this type of plot to be great but this was substandard even by the lowest of expectations. We recently watched Eragon and were pleasantly surprised. A cast of little known actors { save Jeremy Irons } was a good movie with proper special effects and decent acting.

dberry42 One of the worst 10 movies I've ever watched all the way thru. Amelia Jackson Gray is easy on the eyes and that made it bearable, but the acting and directing where dreadful.I enjoy the sword and sorcery type movies and expect to cut the lower budget ones a lot of slack but this pushed the boundaries.I gave it a 3 instead of 1 because we had a surprising amount of fun with it by ad-libbing comments in ourselves. This movie is perfect for the Mystery Science Theater 3000 type folks who enjoy "helping" the movie along.Plucky too the way they hinted at a sequel at the end.

Malaena1985 I wish I read these reviews before I rents this DVD! I can sort of get past the sweeping scenes of the mountains blanketed by trees and mist (I was thinking that were going to be shown walking on these mountains similarly to Lord of the Rings); I can sort of get past the take-three-steps-and-stop-to-rest whenever the characters talk (they can walk and talk at the same time?); I can sort of get past the really, really, really bad special effects which includes Freja's eyes (even on the cheap, they could've put forth better effort); I can even sort of get past some of the ill-placed 20st Century slang and gestures; but I CANNOT get past INCONSISTENCY and SLOPPY REPETITION! The director should've told the actors what kind of accent they're going to use for their character. If the actor isn't good at the certain accent, then the director should've done one of two things: 1) made the actors practice hard perfecting the accents of their characters, or 2) if the actors can't keep up the accent (therefore character because the characters aren't complete without the accents) then the director should've found someone who could! Talking about actors and their characters, surely the actress who played Freja could have more facial expression besides being a constant wide-eyed wonder (well, she was consistent with that at least)! I guess the contacts were really bugging her that much? Sure, she was the only one who really expressed herself through body movement moreso than others but, it would've been nice if the other characters weren't so wooden. I think she would've done great in Ginger Snaps Back.At least actors were CONSISTENTLY wooden. This is where I don't like inconsistency. I've seen so many scenes the actors could have redone in body gestures that would've been more powerful, believable, and interesting. Clearly, the director didn't think much of his cast and that is shameful on his part. Honestly, if costs were indeed an issue, I think the director and producer would've done better to go to a Ren Faire to pick up performers and actors. If there are going to be sequels to this movie, I want really, really, REALLY encourage the cast to take acting lessons, or go to a Ren Faire at the very least!