Alatriste

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Liam D Viggo Mortensen (The Prophecy, The Young Americans) is an confident lead but the movie is a swashbuckler without any real energy Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/10/24 Full Review Gene A A visually arresting and exciting film, with Mortensen and others very well cast. Action scenes are great. However, the producers tried to jam too much of a great tale into one film. Alatriste has the potential to be a major heroic film figure, but it will take a another group of film makers (with good luck in getting a cast as good as this version) to bring it off. Hopefully the next group that tries will be Spanish as well. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/04/24 Full Review Esteban S A highly underrated movie. Superlative photography and breathtaking recreations of XVII battles. At times it is like watching paintings coming alive. Epic sword fighting when gunpowder was taking its first steps on the battlefield. Fantastic depictions of the legendary "Tercios." A must-watch for history fans and anyone looking for a take on historical (and fictional) events that don't revolve around France or England (yes, there were other nations back then too). You should certainly give it a try! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/24 Full Review Samuel R Alatriste is a cinematic masterpiece. Hands down a favorite of all time for fencers and historians. The costumes are wonderful, the dialogue is intelligent, and the fights are astounding (and accurate). You can also stop this film at almost any time and it looks like a painting. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/05/23 Full Review Mike T Excellent and evocative retelling of the figure from the novels. Superb rendering of Seventeenth Century Spain, starting with the triumph at Breda and ending with the tragedy at Rocroi. It covers an exciting period of European history, although, it does require some background knowledge of the period. If you're a bit thick, well, you'll miss a lot anyway. The film is in Spanish with English subtitles but no problem there. The action scenes are superb with top class fencing (something that Mortensen specialises in). The final recreation of the end of the Battle of Rocroi is a delight for history buffs… I'll stop there. Characterisation is very well done with believable, lovable people. There's none of the modern flouncing about and rolling on the floor like most of modern Hollywood to convey emotions and intensity. Really worth getting a dvd copy. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/18/23 Full Review Manel H Is this is a film?? Quite good historical and costumes. But even the good performance of Mortensen cannot save a non understandable dully plot, full of gaps. More over the rest of the actors are lousy playing what they even don't understand. Nationalistic film only worth on consuming public money. And based on a terrible novel, or shall we better consider a bad comic? WAB ! Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/08/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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