Am I Missing Something?

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

It would have been better without an attempt at an historical context because that part failed miserably. We have 'Saxons' dressed up in silly costumes and our hero with very silly hair. 'The North' would be a massive area not somewhere that was within walking distance of the villain's castle. There are also some very strange mountains, unlike anything in England. However, if you like blood and gore this is for you. The Saxon rebels, specially our hero, are excellent at this fighting malarky and the Normans appear to be rubbish. Our hero is a mysterious stranger who doesn't appear to have a name. The acting is adequate. Never the less I watched it all the way through just to see how it would end.

It makes no sense to me that this movie has such a low average rating on IMDb. The cinematography is excellent, the direction is good and the acting is fine. There is never a dull moment from beginning to end. The fight choreography is very good, and the costumes are realistic and accurate for the time in history.The hero's love interest played by Annabelle Wallis is very beautiful and is the ideal person to play her character, and Stanley Weber was likewise perfect for his role as the Shadow Walker.I highly recommend this movie to anyone who likes historical action dramas. It's not overly long, and it's entertaining throughout.From http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/invasion_threat_01.shtm l "To prevent future raids and crush internal resistance, William I adopted a 'scorched earth' policy known as the 'harrowing of the north', and castles appeared throughout England to garrison a resident military force."

This film seems as though a bunch of film students finished school and had a go at making a movie utilizing their favorite director's cinematic techniques, without nailing any of them. The sound department used every clichéd spooky sound effect they could - even when just a bowl of soup was being poured. Oooh! Creepy gruel, which must have been awesome because the main character was so engrossed in it he didn't see a tribe of warriors walk up and stand in front of him. Probably couldn't hear them because of all the creepy music again. The set and costumes were fine, the script? Well, there wasn't one really. Just characters you couldn't care less about fighting a bit, looking pensive in their dark filtered shot.

this is not a movie. it is a collection of scenes a real movie would have, without any decent connection between them. sure it has flashy action, and even the very predictable "the hero gets to bang the blond chick", but there are no real characters. where in a movie scenes are tied together into a story, this "thing" has no story. just a collection of hack and slash, where somehow a handful of undisciplined Saxon farmers manage to beat a well trained army. also they pretend to be pagans, while england was already converted to the false Christian god 4 centuries before the battle of Hastings. also they were no Saxons, they were Anglo-Saxons. which basically is a Christian who has stolen pagan culture, amongst others.the only way this movie can be enjoyable, is if you are very drunk or stoned...