Memorable, crazy movie

Good movie but grossly overrated

From my favorite movies..

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

I do love myself a good horror movie.So when I was at the second hand DVD store and saw what claimed to be a crusader themed horror movie, I thought that it was definitely worth splashing 50p on.Boy, was I wrong. Or was I? This film was long, confusing, and very, very low budget. The box claims that it is only 85 minutes long, however IMDb says that it is a whopping 101 minutes long. I didn't take the opportunity to time it, so I don't know if my copy is abridged or not.Either way, calling this a good movie, even a decent movie, is an exaggeration, and to see an actor that played Daryl in the walking dead reduced to this, well it stung a little.The first two halves of this movie were quite confusing. A string of weird, confusing characters that didn't say much. Weird props that never seemed to lead anywhere or be used, and overall it had a bizarre mood. The constant flashbacks to crusader times were overly long and quite confusingly used.It wasn't until the final third of the movie, that these props and characters do anything, and you go 'ohh, thats what that is'. Not much makes sense until the very end. If you can stand the confusing boredom of the first half, the payoff is just about worth it. Someone I was watching it with did walk off during this section however, so it is rather a testing movie to watch.One of the most strange things however, was the direction choices that had nothing to do with the budget. At the very end, as the 'baddie' is about to be killed, the high tension moment is interrupted with very strangely forced in comedy lines and quips, then straight back to seriousness. It was a very odd and unexpected change of pace that left me giggling with confusion and surprise during the tense ending.Will I watch this movie often? No. Will I watch it ever again? Maybe? Give it ago for 50p, but there is a good chance that you will not enjoy this movie.

Really, don't waste any of your time or money on this dreadful film. Implausible story Implausible characters Poorly cast Poorly acted Poorly directed. Dreadful accents Nothing redeeming at all. Very difficult to see how it's scored as highly as it has. Not helped by large amounts of knitted chain-mail. I have no idea how to fill 10 lines of text with relevant comment, nor do I have any idea why unnecessary length makes a review better. Surely a quick and concise review is more useful than a lot of twaddle?Really, don't waste any of your time or money on this dreadful film. Implausible story Implausible characters Poorly cast Poorly acted Poorly directed. Dreadful accents Nothing redeeming at all. Very difficult to see how it's scored as highly as it has. Not helped by large amounts of knitted chain-mail. I have no idea how to fill 10 lines of text with relevant comment, nor do I have any idea why unnecessary length makes a review better. Surely a quick and concise review is more useful than a lot of twaddle?

What a waste of time, money and resources. Gave it a go because of Norman Reedus, but even he is terrible. Tommy Wiseau put on an acting and directing masterclass in The Room when compared to this.A narrated explanation of events at the beginning is an excuse for a lack of storytelling ability and I genuinely paused to check if it was a History Channel reenactment documentary before proceeding.The male violence towards female characters was deplorable as was the passive acceptance by those characters; confusing and disturbing.Woman wants to leave, gets choked out and the other people at the house start talking about the ladies liking the rough stuff? Poor at best.This is the worst movie I have seen in a long time and I watched Grown Ups 2 recently.Avoid.

Night of the Templar is quite a surprising and brilliant piece of work which I suspect will achieve the accolade of instant cult status as word of mouth snowballs this film to richly deserved recognition.Paul Sampson, both the writer and the main star of the film, has been a comedic force for some time, most notably in the fantastic movie 'Whacked!'. Many of his previous works have hinted at Sampson's saliently dead pan comedic manner (and writing skills) which comes to full fruition in 'Night of the Templar'.In a nut shell, this film is an amazing blend of the funny, the violent and the poignant.It was a joy to watch and my only disappointment is that I can never watch this film for the first time ever again - every viewing will forever be a repeat viewing.