Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Eric Stoltz | ... | Robert Nerra | |
Gabriel Byrne | ... | Black Prince | |
Nicola Cowper | ... | Blanche | |
Dexter Fletcher | ... | Michael | |
Deborah Moore | ... | Mathilda (as Deborah Barrymore) | |
Nicholas Clay | ... | Charles De Montfort | |
Bruce Purchase | ... | Simon Nerra | |
Neil Dickson | ... | King Richard | |
Penny Downie | ... | Madelaine | |
Nadim Sawalha | ... | Selim | |
John Franklyn-Robbins | ... | The Abbot | |
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Chris Pitt | ... | Odo |
Matthew Sim | ... | Hugo | |
Paul Rhys | ... | Mayor of the Underground City | |
Sammi Davis | ... | Baptista |
A young knight sets out to join King Richard's crusaders. Along the way, he encounters The Black Prince who captures children and sells them as slaves to the Muslims. It is Robert Narra's sworn duty to protect the children and lead them to safety. Written by Kevin Michael Papineau <kp@parse.com>
This movie is perfect in almost every way, but one thing ruins it. First the good stuff: we have action, romance, evil, great locations and sets, a great Jerry Goldsmith score, and an original plot: what happens to children in war?
So how come the movie doesn't work? It's the pace. Everything in this movie happens at AN INCREDIBLY SLOW PACE. You'll get impatient and frustrated. And that ruins the wonderful feel everything else has built up.
What a shame. What a real shame.