MEDIEVAL WAR MOVIES MOVIE

Lord Boresh asks haughtily, “When have you not been paid by me?” Giovanni (played by David Bowles), one of the soldiers in Jan’s mercenary gang, responds: “When have you not been protected by us?” Jan and his team are reluctant “bodyguards” because Lord Boresh has been slow to pay them. Meanwhile, Jan (who works with a tight-knit group of about six men) is seen in battle with his men when they successfully thwart the assassination of Lord Boresh (played by Michael Caine) while he is traveling by carriage. French supporters of the Pope are opposed to King Wenceslas becoming emperor. King Wenceslas is Charles IV’s first son, but he can only be crowned emperor by the Pope. “Medieval” begins by showing the family feud between half-brothers King Wenceslas of Czech (played by Karel Roden) and King Sigismund of Hungary (played by Matthew Goode), who are battling each other for control of the Roman Empire, after the death of Roman Emperor Charles IV. But even in that aspect, “Medieval” is not impressive at all.

MEDIEVAL WAR MOVIES MOVIE

Some viewers won’t care about the story and just want to see a movie like “Medieval” for the fight scenes. It’s an example of the lazy filmmaking that pollutes this movie.įilmmakers can spend a large percentage of a a movie’s budget on production design, costume design and action scenes, but if the overall story isn’t very good, then those visuals are just superficial distractions.

Apparently, it was just too hard for the “Medieval” filmmakers to have the lead actor speak with a Czech accent or even a vaguely Central European accent. “Medieval” also has a self-important tone that’s off-putting for a movie this badly made.īen Foster (who is American in real life) keeps his American accent is portrayal of Czech mercenary leader Jan Žižka, the movie’s protagonist. And since the movie is based on true events and real people, that makes it even more disappointing that “Medieval” looks very fake and mishandles too many of the historical aspects of the story that “Medieval” should have gotten right. Written and directed by Petr Jákl, “Medieval” has too much of a plodding pace and formulaic style to be considered immersive or thrilling. It just looks like a bunch of cast members playing medival dress-up with lackluster acting and cringeworthy dialogue, much of which looks and sounds too modern for a movie that is supposed to take place in the early 1420s. “Medieval” is never truly convincing as a medieval war movie. It’s just one of many problems in this mindless and boring action film.

Alistair Brammer, Ben Foster, Michael Caine, and Magnus Samuelsson in “Medieval” (Photo courtesy of The Avenue)Īny movie that calls itself “Medieval,” with the story taking place in medieval Europe, fails to have any credibility when the lead character has an American accent. Action, Aneta Kernova, Ben Foster, David Bowles, Jan Zizka, Karel Roden, Kevin Bernhardt, Matthew Goode, Medieval, Michael Caine, movies, Petr Jakl, reviews, Sophie Lowe, Til Schweiger, William Lizr, William Moseleyīy Carla Hay Roland Møller, Sophie Lowe and Ben Foster in “Medieval” (Photo courtesy of The Avenue)Ĭulture Representation: Taking place in the early 1420s, in the parts of Europe that are now known as the Czech Republic and Hungary, the action film “Medieval” (inspired by real historical events) features a predominantly white cast of characters (with a few black people) representing the working-class, middle-class and royalty.Ĭulture Clash: Czech mercenary leader Jan Žižka is hired to kidnap the fiancée of a lord, as part of a power struggle between two kings over who will take control of the Roman Empire.Ĭulture Audience: “Medieval” will appeal primarily to people who are interested in watching medieval war movies, no matter how poorly made and dull the movies might be.

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