Darkest Knight

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Summary: The Truth about "Darkest Knight"
Review: Having read my husband's review of "Darkest Knight", I see it as necessary that I give a truer and more metaphysical review of this spectacular movie both to avoid divorce preceedings and to speak to the refined and spiritual movie audiance. Ben Pullen gives a remarkable performance as Ivanhoe! He is the idealistic knight that the movie world needs more of. His portrayal is realistic and down to earth - a very believable knight and a man of integrity and honor. Charlotte Comer is both beautiful and realistic as a healer. I would have liked a bit of history on her warrior skills, but they are in harmony with the time period and very well done. Her portrayal of Rebecca is compelling in its sensitivity and a worthy example of all women today who need to know that sensitive is not meant to mean "victimized!" It is Rebecca who holds Ivanhoe back from unnecessary killing and it is also Rebecca who discerned the monster before the cave as an illusion to be walked through. The way that the masculine and feminine work together here is very well done. This is an excellent historical fantasy and a very serious story. Peter O"Farrell as Odo brings what humor there is to this movie but it is neither campy nor tongue-in-cheek. Odo is a gambler and a thief which Ivanhoe overlooks, to his credit. The characters are what they are in this movie and there is no overt criticism even regarding the greedy Prince John or the sorcerer, Mordour. This is a good movie for children, pre-teens and teens. The worst monster is a Frankenstein-like creature that wouldn't raise an eyebrow from TV viewers of BUFFY, The Vampire Slayer and Angel.
The demon from hell resembles our old Velasor-raptor dinosaur friends from Jurassic Park movies. I give this movie 5 stars because of its writer's clearness of characters, realism, lack of vulgar language,and honest dialogue. The writer portrays goodness as an ideal to be lived, not as something for cowards to find refuge in. Here, holy does not mean helpless, overly pious or abusively dogmatic--it just means the plain everyday goodness that is the joy and right and privelege of every human being to live and reflect.

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Summary: Only because negative stars are not available.
Review: I too was taken in by the cover. I found this DVD at a yard sale for the modest price of 50 cents. I was overcharged! The previous owner tried to warn me and I should have listened.

The acting is reminiscent of grade school plays. The plot (?). Oh yeah, there is no plot.

To think there is a sequel!? I'm underwhelmed. Insomniacs may find this movie useful.

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Summary: bad bad & really bad
Review: i too, was taken in by the front cover of this dvd. when i finally received it, i was quite excited, i put the film in my dvd and it was down hill from there. this film reminded me of a cheaply made, extremely boring 1970s sci-fi reject, it is truly bad and ought to be confined to the bottomless pit. in fact i was that bitter i was so tempted to demand my money back but in the end i couldn't be bothered, instead i threw it in with the rest of my-very-bad-choice of purchases (which, i hasten to add is only a few) and forgot about it until reading the other review. shame on the person that made it, and shame on those responsible for unleashing it on us unsuspecting sci-fi lovers, shame, shame, shame. anyway, on a final note, there is one good thing about this film, at least i wrote a review on it and it's proven to be a healing experience. stay away from this one and i mean it! you've been warned!!!

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Summary: Getting teeth pulled more fun than this!
Review: In all my years as an Amazon customer, I've never written a review before. This stinker of a movie changed all that. STAY AWAY!! The cover of this DVD, which depicts dragons attacking a castle with the text "In the dark ages, when dragons ruled the skies, one knight was the last hope" is a bunch of cowpucky!! The movie is actually centered around an English or New Zealand television series of the same name. The acting was horrible, the special effects lame and, all in all, this is just a horrible waste of even $10.

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Summary: Worst. King Richard. Ever.
Review: Sub-par even by the standards of throw-down direct-to-video B-movies, _Darkest Knight_ will disappoint all but the most ardent fan of truly unwatchable badfilm. A cavalcade of cliched heroes and villains apparently drawn at random from 3000 years of history and myth throw trade-school CG effects at one another, while displaying costumes (and acting) that would get them run out of any drunken SCA weekend outing at spearpoint.

Awful by any standard, _Darkest Knight_ fails to make good on even the modest promises made by the cover graphic and trailer. (I'll admit I was drawn in by the images on the box of flying dragons spouting flame. They appear nowhere in the actual movie. Think I have a case to sue for my four bucks back?)

Sound in plain stereo and a 4:3 aspect ratio make, in this age of DTS and 16:9, for a presentation nearly as lacking as the content. Possibly amusing - albeit unchallenging - fare for MST3K-style mockery, but unrewarding else. Oh, and naturally they're planning a sequel. Imagine my delight.

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Summary: You must be a fan of the show
Review: The previous review neglected to tell you that (1): you must be a fan of the british show to like this movie. The previous reviews NEVER told anyone that this was the pilot for the show.(THE FIRST TWO EPISODES OF THE SHOW). That information would be helpful to anyone making a decision one way or another to buy this movie. I will admit that as a stand alone movie, "PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE MAY BE BETTER",but then I like "plan 9 from outer space". But when knowing that your getting the British T.V. show, it doesn't look so lame unless your those few who HATED "XENA Warrior Princess". That's ok, PBS runs "MIDSUMMERS NIGHTS DREAM" QUITE OFTEN FOR YOU. For us fan who watched every episode of the British T.V. show having the pilot was not bad to own. What I was yearning to know before I bought the video was if this picked up where the T.V. show left off, I searched the reveiws and none told me this. I bought the DVD and though I didn't get what I was searching for (THE SHOW STARTS FROM THE BEGINNING THE VERY FIRST EPISODE)my wife and I are extremely happy with our purchase. In short, know that Darkest Knight starts at the beginning of the British T.V. series (REGRETABLY) and that if you want to watch something fun, "tounge in cheek" and relaxing you should buy this. If you don't, well Kevin Costner has directed two films for you,"Waterworld and The Postman". Also PBS airs I Claudius and many other high quality,deep thinking shows. Of course they also air shows like "Are You Being Served","Red Dwarf" and "Dr.Who".I guess you people will have to learn to have fun someday.