Fantasy Flix: Warrior Angels (2002) AKA Crusade of Vengeance

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Warrior Angels (2002) AKA Crusade of Vengeance

In 1190, the knight Elizabeth leaves her young son Peter in England, battles, and is wounded in the Third Holy Crusade. She must return to her village, where she is informed by the local priest that Peter was abducted by the wicked tyrant Grekkor and his powerful knights. Elizabeth decides to build an army to fight against Grekkor, but all the local men are afraid to join. For her crusade of revenge, Elizabeth only counts with the support of three other women: Hunter and her bow and arrows; the prostitute Eve; and the gypsy Sybil and her powders and herbs. Later, the strong Luke also joins her desperate struggle against Grekkor.

Director: Byron W. Thompson

Writer: Byron W. Thompson

This is not a terrible movie, but it's really not very good either. I generally love me some Rutger Hauer, but even he cannot save this movie. Frankly, it's just kind of boring.

I'm not really sure why I was bored with this movie. The story moves fairly quickly with a decent amount of action pieces. I guess I just didn't care. There was very little here that I loved.

While there is plenty of action to be had, the fight scenes just aren't very good. The four ladies here just aren't made to be action stars. While Arnold Vosloo and Rutger Hauer are good, there just isn't enough of them to make the action exciting.

Overall, the acting is just ok. While there are a few good ones, the rest of the cast is pretty terrible. Vosloo and Hauer are obviously the good, with Joanna Pacula just being ok here. Honestly, my favorite actor/character here was Charlotte Avery who provides some nice comic relief.

The movie is pretty PG even though they try to spice it up with a few non-stimulating breast shots and body-double close up nipples that aren't even worth posting pictures of.

In generally this movie is pretty boring and these leading ladies just can't hold my attention. And, there's just not enough Vosloo and Hauer to make up for it. I'd say it's pretty safe to skip this one.