Gratuitous gore, propagating the idiotic stereotype of the blood-drenched, face-painted, fur-wearing, bone-club-wielding barbarian.
The film follows a really muddled timeline that is made up. The action takes place during the 11th century, but the protagonist is supposedly "the last Scythian", a civilisation that disappeared 700 years before the era of this movie.
The movie stumbles and manages to fall into every cliche of fantasy movies: back scabbards, blood-soaked murderous barbarians, bad costumes, bad armour, bad weapons.
The plot is generic and the acting is bland. It's mostly running around, screaming, wide-eyed gazing and growling. The production is shoddy, straight-to-DVD quality, with no personality, no attention to detail and no interest in world-building.
The cinematography isn't horrible, as the scenery is beautiful and the scene composition is entertaining, at times. However, it all breaks down because of its multiple flaws. If it were a 5-minute music video, one might have been able to give it a pass. But as a full movie? And one with claims of historicity, no less? Definitely a massive failure.
The film follows a really muddled timeline that is made up. The action takes place during the 11th century, but the protagonist is supposedly "the last Scythian", a civilisation that disappeared 700 years before the era of this movie.
The movie stumbles and manages to fall into every cliche of fantasy movies: back scabbards, blood-soaked murderous barbarians, bad costumes, bad armour, bad weapons.
The plot is generic and the acting is bland. It's mostly running around, screaming, wide-eyed gazing and growling. The production is shoddy, straight-to-DVD quality, with no personality, no attention to detail and no interest in world-building.
The cinematography isn't horrible, as the scenery is beautiful and the scene composition is entertaining, at times. However, it all breaks down because of its multiple flaws. If it were a 5-minute music video, one might have been able to give it a pass. But as a full movie? And one with claims of historicity, no less? Definitely a massive failure.