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Category: Adventure

Year: 2011

Rating: 5.7/10 ()

Director: Dominic Sena

Country: USA

Language: English

Runtime: 95 min

Release Date: 7 January 2011 (USA) See more »

Taglines: Not all souls can be saved.

Movie Storyline
A 14th century Crusader returns to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence. A priest, a grieving knight, a disgraced itinerant and a headstrong youth who can only dream of becoming a knight join a mission troubled by mythically hostile wilderness and fierce contention over the fate of the girl. When the embattled party arrives at the abbey, a horrific discovery jeopardises the knight's pledge to ensure the girl fair treatment, and pits them against an inexplicably powerful and destructive force.

Cast:
Nicolas Cage - Behmen
Ron Perlman - Felson
Stephen Campbell Moore - Debelzaq
Stephen Graham - Hagamar
Ulrich Thomsen - Eckhart
Claire Foy - The Girl
Robert Sheehan - Kay
Christopher Lee - Cardinal D'Ambroise
Rebekah Kennedy - Peasant Turk Girl
Andrew Hefler - Jail Bailiff
Fernanda Dorogi - Old Woman (Givaudon)
Kevin Rees - Dying Monk
Matt Devere - Sergeant in Arms
Róbert Bánlaki - Livery Boy
Barna Illyés - Cardinal's Priest
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Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Color: Color

Filming Locations: Burg Kreuzenstein, Leobendorf, Lower Austria, Austria

Official Site(s): Official site [Netherlands] | Official site [United States] |

Trivia:
Originally slated to be released in September 2010, but was pushed back to January 2011.

User Review:

Not a bad movie. , rated: 7/10
This is not a bad movie. Neither is it great, but nevertheless it is watchable. It has a story. It has a plot. The acting is good. Nicholas Cage and Ron Perlman give credible performances. It is true that the story is far-fetched and challenges plausibility, but it deals with the supernatural, so that is only to be expected. Soemn of the special effects are cheesy, but so what? It's the story that counts and here the story is what drives this movie. Once again, there is a frail, young woman who causes so much havoc, yet at first glance she seems so harmless. This theme, of the helpless young girl as both victim and harpy, is continued in this movie, with good results. Far from being hokey, the story contains enough dramatic material to keep the audience's interest. There are those who may lambast this movie, dismiss it as just another Hollywood potboiler, and they may be right. Nevertheless, the movie does present a story and does not purport to be something that it is not, which affords the movie a modicum of integrity.