Low-budget indie medieval fantasy movies have lately surprised me; movies like A Knight’s War and The Last Redemption have set an example that if the creative vision, narrative, and characterization show mettle, drawbacks in superficial, larger-than-life elements can easily be ignored. I had hoped to see a similar example being set by Stuart Brennan’s Warlord, but unfortunately, it turned out to be a major disappointment in that regard. I don’t mind PS2 game cutscene graphics being used to highlight the scope of the larger world, but the gaps in the narrative are too frequent to provide a comprehensive understanding. Aside from a couple of well-built set pieces and Billy Boyd of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy fame playing a key role in the movie, there isn’t much that Warlord can offer fantasy movie fans.

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