Kohtalon kirja (2003)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Directors:

Tommi Lepola
Tero Molin

Writers:

Tommi Lepola (writer)
Tero Molin (writer)

Release Date:

October 2006 (Italy)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Western | Fantasy

Tagline:

Kertaus on opintojen äiti.

Plot:

Fire, water, wind, earth and emptiness... Five core elements of life that once inspired a book. The Booke of Fate...

Plot Keywords:

Book | Fate | Priest | Vampire | Castle

Cast

Asko Sahlman	...	Vladimir Konstantinov
Markku Partanen	...	Sergei Konstantinov / Rosvo 3
Juha-Pekka Mikkola	...	Viktor Konstantinov / Muukalainen / Viljo Ronkainen / Henri Lillqvist / Apollo
Saija Jäntti	...	Vampyyri käytävässä
Johanna Kokko	...	Tatjana Konstantinov / Rosa / Elsa Ronkainen / Ronja / Anyai'h / Enya
Eila Roine	...	Mummo
Joni Saarela	...	Vampyyrintappaja mies
Anna-Maija Paakkola	...	Vampyyrintappaja nainen
Ilkka Niemi	...	Vanha vampyyri / Kaksintaistelija
Sara Vilander	...	Naisvampyyri 1
Saana Hyvärinen	...	Naisvampyyri 2
Johanna Hongisto	...	Naisvampyyri 3
Laura Rikkonen	...	Naisvampyyri 4
Tommi Lepola	...	Hirttäjä / Sotilas
Johanna Rajala	...	Lapsi

Also Known As:

Kohtalo (Finland) (working title)
Kohtalo puuttuu peliin (Finland) (working title)
Kohtalo vai sattuma 2 (Finland) (working title)
The Book of Fate (International: English title) (alternative title)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

Finland

Language:

Finnish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Helsinki, Finland

Company:

Tampere Polytechnic School of Art and Media

Soundtrack:

Bestseller

Seen worse

Take a number of Finnish art students and an ambitious exam project combining some major genres of action films: horror, western, war, spy thriller and space adventure built into one storyline and then try to make a feature length film with no time, no funding and actors working for peanuts; then you will get The Book of Fate.

Considering the above-mentioned factors the result is not as awful as could be expected, I have seen numerous films made with much bigger budgets by professional crews that were worse by far.

The idea behind the film: creating a framework for action sequences in different times and different settings is interesting although not worked out well enough. Most of the hand to hand fighting sequences are not well done, they might have worked better in slow motion. Other parts (the shooting fights mostly) were not that bad. Other than that the sets and the effects were reasonably well done. If the inexperienced main cast had had more time to get into their roles (the inexperienced director might have done a better job) and the supporting veteran actors had put in more effort, the story would have been more believable.

In all, I would not suggest you build your evening on this flick, but if you have the choice between this one and reality TV shows, you might want to opt for this "fan film" product.