Quartile rating: 4.5/10 · 1 rating
A man named Farmer sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son – two acts committed by the Krugs, a race of animal-warriors who are controlled by the evil Gallian.
Uwe Boll's notoriously poor video game adaptation offers a derivative medieval fantasy plot recycled from countless genre predecessors, with a painfully wooden cast that includes miscast A-listers like Jason Statham, Burt Reynolds, and Ray Liotta delivering uniformly awkward performances. The cinematography is serviceable but unremarkable, lacking any visual ambition or distinctive aesthetic. Novelty is near-zero — it borrows wholesale from Lord of the Rings and generic fantasy tropes without adding anything distinctive. The ending resolves its predictable beats without surprise or emotional resonance. A textbook example of formulaic, below-average genre filmmaking.