The opening scene is an awful long sequence of shots of the protagonist group, entering a newly built and unused, but seemingly abandoned small village, and then in slow motion come a bunch of zombies running - quite clean, non-sentient but agile zombies, that apparently were waiting to ambush the heroes. Of course I noticed that everything was very new and pristine; the set, the props, the weapons, the costumes, the leather, even the rags . But when I saw the terrible poorly portrayed zombies, right there it was clear they botched this movie big time.
The rest of the movie is just as good as the zombies. Nothing makes sense, everything is so far off, that I fail to believe any of it. It's much like a LARP, with the difference that I would believe a good LARP but not this thin and soulless drivel in "Dark Kingdom".
Meanwhile I notice the background, bobbing up, down and sideways. Ah, so they were using lightweight handheld camera's, mounted on a gimbal. Much like you would use one to stabilise your phone when shooting video. They didn't use phones did they? OR DID THEY?
A bit later they encounter a dragon, looking kind of okay really. But wait, do I see grass flickering in and out of existence, at his toes? Fairly big goof here. The dragon reminds me much of those android apps, with which you can make a dinosaur walk across the table using AR. Must be something similar, at least no CGI like we are used to see in real movies.
At this point I find it very strange, that this was done - according to the movie poster - by the special effects team of Harry Potter and the executive producer of Game Of Thrones. I mean, really? REALLY? Man, they baited me good to want to watch this amateur, oversold mockbuster.
Next scene: they leave the village and the scout finds an army of zombies, nicely lined up side by side, waiting orderly but agitated, for the heroes to cross their path. Goof: a modern wire fence, topped with barbwire. Quite out of place. It seems that my estimate of the movie budget, should be adjusted downwards quite a bit here.
I guess if you are able to look past the amateur level of everything, and fantasy is your game, then you may well enjoy this. Or not.
The rest of the movie is just as good as the zombies. Nothing makes sense, everything is so far off, that I fail to believe any of it. It's much like a LARP, with the difference that I would believe a good LARP but not this thin and soulless drivel in "Dark Kingdom".
Meanwhile I notice the background, bobbing up, down and sideways. Ah, so they were using lightweight handheld camera's, mounted on a gimbal. Much like you would use one to stabilise your phone when shooting video. They didn't use phones did they? OR DID THEY?
A bit later they encounter a dragon, looking kind of okay really. But wait, do I see grass flickering in and out of existence, at his toes? Fairly big goof here. The dragon reminds me much of those android apps, with which you can make a dinosaur walk across the table using AR. Must be something similar, at least no CGI like we are used to see in real movies.
At this point I find it very strange, that this was done - according to the movie poster - by the special effects team of Harry Potter and the executive producer of Game Of Thrones. I mean, really? REALLY? Man, they baited me good to want to watch this amateur, oversold mockbuster.
Next scene: they leave the village and the scout finds an army of zombies, nicely lined up side by side, waiting orderly but agitated, for the heroes to cross their path. Goof: a modern wire fence, topped with barbwire. Quite out of place. It seems that my estimate of the movie budget, should be adjusted downwards quite a bit here.
I guess if you are able to look past the amateur level of everything, and fantasy is your game, then you may well enjoy this. Or not.