Medieval can hardly keep up with movies say, Gladiator or Braveheart. It is such a bland, jumpy, not at all epic, with numerous outbursts of explicit violence, which, however, do not save anything. The camera is always in motion during the battles, but the transitions from wholes to details are confusing, choppy, and the viewer sometimes has no idea who is cutting whose body. However, Jákl deserves admiration in terms of production efficiency - even though it is the most expensive Czech film, it is still small compared to Hollywood. The Middle Ages is here as a solidly convincing muddy abomination of history, but the characters are more like running through autumn-colored forests. But above all, the story runs strangely: the power games for the throne are clumsy, opponents exchange prisoners, bands of mercenaries move strangely. It doesn't even look like the $20 million, it's just a bunch of people running around in the woods playing out confusing action scenes. Jákl just describes all the clichés he's ever seen. At its best this it has the energy of an amateur film by friends playing real filmmakers. But most of the footage is hopelessly boring.
