A group of knight and a young priest search a village rumored to have been spared from the Black Death thanks to a direct intercession from the devil.
What at first glance looked like your standard medieval fare, look Sean Bean is hacking Black Death with a two handed sword, is actually much more interesting than that.
Is plain to see that the filmmakers where passionate about the period which they recreated with plenty of loving details.
The beginning, with the presentation of all the characters and the stating of the mission, is intriguing. Everybody receive some distinctive traits and a personality in brief concise scenes.
After that the movie bogs down in an overlong middle act where nothing much of importance happens while the director tries to build pathos.
The ending is surprising and original, even if also a little bit too melodramatic.
Essentially this one is a “men on a mission” movie, just set in the Middle Ages, which, halfway through, becomes an homage to the “Wicker man”. There are much worse influences out there, probably with a bigger budget this movie would have got much better legs but as it is a recommended vision for fans of swords and chain mails.
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