It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Expected a movie, instead it felt more like a Christian propaganda film. Extremely anti-climatic ending. The antagonist was difficult to discern if you aren't a Christian who perceives persecution from any person who doesn't think as you do. To everyone else who may view this movie, the protagonist are the ones trotting off into the woods causing trouble. The antagonist were just minding their own business, attacking only those who came to do them harm. Only reason I continued watching was to see what new and interesting way they had thought of killing Sean Bean. Since we all know there's no film mechanism in this world that can permit Sean Bean to survive a movie.

From the humble beginning to the violent end, this movie was solid gold. Particularly the ending, there are only a few movies out there that leave you questioning your own believe and this movie surely does that.Obviously built on a tight budget but this movie sure can pack a lot of punch. And the acting performances are truly awesome! Sean Bean was amazing and the lead guy Eddie Redmayne was spot on. This movie highlights the cruelty of the Black Plague in Europe and all the sinister twists that it took on the mind of the people. I don't usually enjoy period movies but the story is what really kept me hooked on.The concept of the inquisition and witch hunt are present too. All in all, this movie was truly amazing.

This has a good concept - inquisitors travel to a remote village to bring back a necromancer protecting his people from the plague and punish him.But it's all a bit flat, and even after 50 mins we still haven't reached the main conflict.I think the problem is the script - we have a narrator, a young monk in love, and a fanatical leader, and it's never clear whose story it is. Maybe they should have rolled the three characters into one. Plus the necromancer turns out to be a female witch, so there's a lack of focus on that front as well.The acting was good. Some of the score good. But this really didn't create a world of its own with memorable characters. The village had some otherworld quality, but really it felt like a heritage centre full of extras in brown clothes.There's no supernatural element at all, so in my book it's not a horror. And the reflections on religion are very dull - nothing interesting or insightful.At the end I thought the real story was the monk's descent into cruel revenge, but that was just given as an afterthought.

After having greatly enjoyed watching the HBO series Game of Thrones,I decided to search online to see if lead actor Sean Bean had done anything similar.Taking a look at Bean's IMDb credits,I was pleased to discover that he had starred in a historical Horror film,which led to me getting ready to unleash the black death.The plot:England: 1348Arriving at a monastery,a knight called Ulric announces that he needs a monk to help him and his men to locate a remote village,which has strangely been untouched by the black death plague sweeping the country. With having made a deal with his secret girlfriend that he would meet her near the village,a young monk called Osmund tells Ulric that he will take him and his men safely to the village.Heading to the village,Ulric and Osmund find themselves surrounded by death,which leads to Ulric having to kill one of his most loyal men,thanks to him getting infected with the black death.Arriving at the village,Ulric and Osmund are taken aback,when they receive a warm welcome from the towns residence.As everyone starts to relax for the night,Osmund and Ulric soon discover the secret behind the villages plague vaccine.View on the film:Slowly releasing the Gothic Horror atmosphere,the screenplay by Dario Poloni carefully draws a thumbnail sketch for each of the character's,as Poloni shows the effects that Ulric's rigorous mission has on the rest of the gang.Delaying the supernatural Horror aspect from entering the first half,Poloni shows everyone to be gripped with a deep fear of their nearest & dearest being infected by the plague,which leads to Poloni striking the title with a wonderfully bleak,haunted ending.Filmed on location over 5 weeks,director Christopher Smith wraps the movie in a harsh decaying mist,as Smith keeps away from using primary colours, (with the exception of blood red)by choking any sense of light from the film with dried-up and rotting grays,blacks and muddy browns.Despite Smith building up a good sense of terror by using excellent wide-shots to show the films stunning woodland locations,the movies feeling of dangerous adventure is chopped to bits,thanks to Smith disapprovingly deciding to give the fight scenes a choppy appearance,which leads to ever strike made in the fights completely failing to connect.Teaming up with future-Game of Thrones co-star Carice van Houten, (who gives an elegant,uneasy performance as the village leader)Sean Bean (or as he is known "Oop North" of the UK as Sir Sean Bean!)gives a tremendous performance as Ulric,as Bean hits Ulric with real shots of gravitas on his quest to wipe out the black death,whilst gradually showing Ulric to develop a caring side,as Ulric attempts to stop Osmund (played by a very good Eddie Redmayne) from being drawn into the black death.