Medieval

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Medieval

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Released Sep 9, 2022

2h 6m

History

Drama

Adventure

War

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Inspired by the true story of Jan ika, one of greatest warriors in history. After the death of its reigning emperor, the Holy Roman Empire is plummeting into chaos while feuding brothers King Wenceslas of Czech and King Sigismund of Hungary battle for control of the empty throne. Daring and righteous mercenary leader Jan ika is hired by Lord Boresh to kidnap the powerful Lord Rosenberg's fiancée, Lady Katherine, to prevent Rosenberg's rise to power alongside the corrupt King Sigismund. Jan believes that Kings are the right hand of God and should be respected and obeyed, no matter what. As Katherine becomes caught in a dangerous political game between the monarchs, Jan falls in love with her strong spirit and dedication to saving the people. In a brave attempt to liberate her, he fights back with a rebel army to battle the corruption, greed and betrayal rampant amongst those clawing for power. Jan now realizes that the fate of the Empire will be decided by his love for Lady Katherine and that his fate doesn't lie in the hands of Kings, but in the hands of his own people.

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Critics Consensus

Some solid set pieces aren't enough to compensate for Medieval's thin and often incomprehensible plot.

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Audience Says

Even if Medieval's nothing special as far as the story goes, the action is impressive -- and it does a good job of capturing the brutality of the era.

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

If it can’t muster much historical insight, this Bohemian foray rhapsodises violence all too effectively: mace-smitings, nose-bitings, even a lion crunching someone’s head like a boiled sweet.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 25, 2022

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William Bibbiani

TheWrap

Struggles as a work of historical fiction, but when the action mounts, it’s immersive and exciting.

Sep 9, 2022

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

A film with an identity crisis, caught between its lowbrow sword-and-splatter charms and grander ambitions... The clarity of message gets hopelessly bogged down in the internecine conflicts of all the players.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 9, 2022

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John Serba

Decider

The film works best as a passable small-scale battle epic, but beyond that, it’s rough sledding.

Apr 7, 2023

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Any movie that calls itself Medieval, with the story taking place in medieval Europe, fails to have any credibility when the lead character has an American accent. It's just one of many problems in this mindless and boring action film.

Mar 25, 2023

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

This is a full-blooded take on the true story of a legendary Czech folk hero, and writer-director Petr Jakl infuses it with plenty of entertaining myth-making.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 3, 2022

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Anthony

Based & surprising! More movies of the old world should be made… when Real Men, God & Chivalry mattered. It is no longer & look where we ended up. Hail victory… Hail Evropa. 14

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/25/22

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E.D.

Loved the scenery and characters.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/22/22

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Rick

The movie was a somewhat fictionalized account of Czech military leader Jan Zizka. IT was generally very good with only a few instances where creative license were used. It was informative and entertaining at the same time. Overall it was a good movie and time well spent

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/20/22

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julie

Good Movie. Very violent, but in a historically appropriate way. The violence was completely believable and well done. Story line was interesting and a piece of history I had never heard before. Movie was a little too long for me, as many are.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/25/22

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tom k

Great some historic background creative fiction with threads of the truth.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/20/22

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Elijah

I think there's probably a decent movie somewhere in this. lots of weird decisions in pacing, directing and editing.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/20/22

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Matthew Goode

King Sigismund

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Synopsis

Inspired by the true story of Jan ika, one of greatest warriors in history. After the death of its reigning emperor, the Holy Roman Empire is plummeting into chaos while feuding brothers King Wenceslas of Czech and King Sigismund of Hungary battle for control of the empty throne. Daring and righteous mercenary leader Jan ika is hired by Lord Boresh to kidnap the powerful Lord Rosenberg's fiancée, Lady Katherine, to prevent Rosenberg's rise to power alongside the corrupt King Sigismund. Jan believes that Kings are the right hand of God and should be respected and obeyed, no matter what. As Katherine becomes caught in a dangerous political game between the monarchs, Jan falls in love with her strong spirit and dedication to saving the people. In a brave attempt to liberate her, he fights back with a rebel army to battle the corruption, greed and betrayal rampant amongst those clawing for power. Jan now realizes that the fate of the Empire will be decided by his love for Lady Katherine and that his fate doesn't lie in the hands of Kings, but in the hands of his own people.

Director: Petr Jákl
Producer: Petr Jákl, Cassian Elwes
Screenwriter: Petr Jákl
Distributor: The Avenue
Production Co: KORD.Media, J.B.J. Film, Double Tree Entertainment, Genesy, Wog Film
Rating: R (Strong Grisly Violent Content|Some Nudity)
Genre: History, Drama, Adventure, War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 9, 2022, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 8, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.3M
Runtime: 2h 6m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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