Ironclad: Battle for Blood (2014)

A survivor of the Great Siege of Rochester Castle fights to save his clan from Celtic raiders. A sequel to the 2011 film, "Ironclad."

Director:

Jonathan English

Writers:

Stephen McDool, Jonathan English

Stars:

Michelle Fairley, Roxanne McKee, Tom Austen

Cast

Credited cast:
Michelle Fairley	...	Joan De Vesci
Roxanne McKee	...	Blanche
Tom Austen	...	Guy the Squire
Rosie Day	...	Kate
Danny Webb	...	Mr. Smith
Tom Rhys Harries	...	Hubert
David Rintoul	...	Gilbert De Vesci
David Caves	...	Berenger
Andy Beckwith	...	Pierrepoint
Predrag Bjelac	...	Maddog
Ljubomir Bulajic	...	Ewan
Dragana Atlija	...	Shiba
Ana Sakic	...	Greta
Ivana Nikolic	...	She Wolf Ewan
Zorana Becic	...	Vyla

Storyline

Gathered together by young Hubert (Tom Rhys Harries), a small band of hired swords gather inside his families castle intent on holding off evil Celtic Tribesmen hell-bent on revenge for the death of their leaders' son: a young mercenary named Guy (Tom Austen) whose soul is wracked with guilt over the atrocities he has committed during the days and years after the great battle of Rochester Castle and his burgeoning feelings for Kate, his cousin (Roxanne McKee), ; battle-hardened mercenaries such as Berenger (David Caves), who fight not for God and country for money and bloodlust.

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Plot Keywords:

stabbed in the stomach | battleaxe | hit on the head | sequel | second part | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War

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Did You Know?

Trivia

To save money and avoid accidents, the extras and most of the cast did not wear medieval shoes, but modern shows covered by gaiters or rags.

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Goofs

More than once Blanche is obviously wearing modern make-up.

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Quotes

Pierrepoint: [During a lull in battle] You and your friend, it's good to see people happy at their work.
Guy the Squire: We've had a lot of practice.

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Connections

Follows Ironclad (2011)

User Reviews

OK Historical Romp that is big on the romping and very tiny indeed on the history.

This is supposed to be Ironclad 2 and follow on from the siege of Rochester. Instead it is about some family of Norman descent privilege that have built a castle on the border land with Scotland. Then a vengeful Clan Chief leads his bunch of be-woded warriors to wreak revenge and do a lot of gurning.

The plot is that the young master – Hubert – has to go and get help from an estranged cousin who is a bit handy, as it were. This is Guy played rather well by Tom Austen. Then the action begins and to be fair there is plenty of action and it is mostly good.

However, there are some issues that could have been resolved and this would have been soo much better. For starters there is shaky cam during the action scenes and this is Richter scale 8 shaking, so a bit disappointing. Then the use of wode – I mean really this is supposed to be 1221. The spiral staircases in the castle go down on the left giving the advantage to the attacker – sack the architect immediately.

Then during the fight scenes which contain 'explosions' for added authenticity they have buckets of straw strategically placed to spread as much fire as possible inside the besieged castle. I could go on but I think that is enough. Most of the acting is good though and they actually manage to engender pathos in parts and I enjoyed 80% of it, but this is one that many will not want to bother with because of the aforementioned issues and a bit more beside – I won't bother if they make a turd – I mean a third one in this series.

Details

Country:

UK Serbia

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 July 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood

Filming Locations:

Belgrade, Serbia

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$115,791

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mythic International Entertainment, International Pictures One, Gloucester Place Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1