Overrated

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

It's very worrying that such a dreadful, completely awful film has been given decent reviews. I can only imagine that people associated with this feeble production or relatives of the actors have been busy giving it good publicity. It's a slow moving take on the Arthurian legend, clumsily filmed and badly acted. I am trying to be kind, but as others have said, the scenery is the films best feature. It really is painfully bad. The people from the dark ages are clean, some have modern haircuts, the Wench's make up is full on, complete with false eyelashes, lipstick, highlighted hair and curls straight from her heated tongs. The new wicker fences surrounding the pathways are a dead giveaway that this is a low budget film. Add appalling acting, grimaces and gruff voices trying to convey urgency or danger, accompanied by a dreadful score and you have what amounts to an hilarious parody of the genre. It really is bad. There are no special effects, no magic, no mystery, nothing. This is a very poor man's attempt (think poorer than a Big Issue seller) at a Lord of the Rings type film. You'd be hard pressed to know it was about Merlin and Arthur. The people writing favourable reviews must have seen a different film. This really is very poor. There is nothing to recommend it. However, if you need a 'bad film yardstick' this is the one to watch.

I've long been a fan of the various legends surrounding Arthur and Merlin. This movie took quite a different turn on them but did it in a very good way. I've seen many ratings here (I read them all before watching the movie). There are those who rate it highly stating it's an amazing film despite this or that and those who rate it lowly stating the acting is horrible. Neither are completely wrong. The acting isn't the best I've ever seen but it's not awful either. Acting was believable enough to allow you to get immersed in the story and that's all I ever really ask for. The plot was well done though a bit rushed in some places and the overall feel of the movie was excellent. I also really liked that they didn't rely on special effects to tell the story. There were a few... some fog, some smoke... a little fire... but overall the story was done mostly through good storytelling and decent acting.A solid movie. It's not a blockbuster by any stretch but it was a great way to spend a couple hours on a day off.

After wasting my time watching this, I can say this is the worst movie I have watched ever. There is no Arthur nor Merlin in the whole movie, so the title is a big lie. All elements are bad including the weak story, acting, direction, special effects and picture. The weakness obviously appears in the materials and clothes, scenes, editing and movement from one scene to the other which humiliated the story. I couldn't imagine what happened in the minds of this movie's makers to introduce a bad work about two characters Arthfael (warrior) and Myrridin (wizard) after the famous fantastic series MERLIN and what they gained from using a fake title for their work. It didn't meet the minimum of my expectations. It is a bad memory and please don't bother watching it. If there is a rating with minus, I would give it -10.

This film is way better than most low budget movies I've seen. There have been plenty of others that i have rented and couldn't even finish watching. Sure the acting wasn't the best, but not the worst by far. The guy playing the wizard was pretty bad. I get the feeling that he just wasn't a good fit and would be better in something different. Maybe comedy? The story was good. The atmosphere was real. It kept a decent pace. It was definitely better than Scyfy original movies. Its worth watching. As far as all the fuss about fake reviews, as annoying as that is, you cant blame the people connected with the movie and their families for trying to build it up and get more people to watch. That doesn't mean its not a decent movie or that it shouldn't be given a shot.