picked this up as periods in history such as the Black Death and other stuff from centuries ago are pretty interesting subjects. I thought that doing a film on the black death was an interesting premise and with Sean Bean cast in a leading role I thought yeah why not.
Story is not bad at all, it deals with the factual evidence of what the plague was and how it was treated i.e. the fact it down to fleas on rats and the incarceration of anyone with the minutest of symptoms. In fact those guys with the beaks were included and back in the time of the plague were a fearsome sight using red hot instruments to try and defeat the tell tale boils...anyway all that sets the perspective before the story gets going with the introduction of the motley crew led by Ulric (Bean). Actually these guys are pretty fearsome and make the bunch from Van Damme's Cyborg look like a bunch of Sunday school kids.
From the fight in the forest the movie veers off in a slightly different direction dealing with the subject of 14th C witchcraft. In reality the village is merely a clever blonde woman defying religion as a means of control and duping the locals into believing she has supernatural powers. Its pretty good to see her get her come uppance right at the end of the movie in the torture chamber. The question raised is did any people back then actually think is God all a con? Probably.
Ending narrative is pretty good. All in all really enjoyed watching this film.
Story is not bad at all, it deals with the factual evidence of what the plague was and how it was treated i.e. the fact it down to fleas on rats and the incarceration of anyone with the minutest of symptoms. In fact those guys with the beaks were included and back in the time of the plague were a fearsome sight using red hot instruments to try and defeat the tell tale boils...anyway all that sets the perspective before the story gets going with the introduction of the motley crew led by Ulric (Bean). Actually these guys are pretty fearsome and make the bunch from Van Damme's Cyborg look like a bunch of Sunday school kids.
From the fight in the forest the movie veers off in a slightly different direction dealing with the subject of 14th C witchcraft. In reality the village is merely a clever blonde woman defying religion as a means of control and duping the locals into believing she has supernatural powers. Its pretty good to see her get her come uppance right at the end of the movie in the torture chamber. The question raised is did any people back then actually think is God all a con? Probably.
Ending narrative is pretty good. All in all really enjoyed watching this film.