Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

paladin-70605 I am writing this in 2015 and Arrowstorm Entertainment as well as Splendid Films (Mainstay Productions for this piece) are getting a reputation for being masters of good, low-budget films. One of their first films was this piece, SAGA: Curse of the Shadow, which is a story of a rebellious bounty hunter she-elf that finds herself, unwittingly at first, within the mix of a motley crew (paladin and orc) that ends up saving the world while looking past their differences and becoming the best of friends. Yes, it is low budget so the CG, by today's standards, is sub-par. But, if watchers can get out of their visual-dependent box and take in all that matters in terms of movies, then this movie certainly stacks up to be... dare I say, "excellent"? I never thought I would like B-movies until I saw the several from Splendid films and Arrowstorm Entertainment. SAGA: Curse of the Shadow has a strong storyline, solid character development, well-done environments/scenery, REALLY good soundtrack (and they mix the music well). The music by Panu Aaltio really adds a lot to this piece. I highly recommend this film if you are out to be entertained. That is what movies really are for, aren't they?

steve_pickstock As some of the other reviewers have said this is good.There is some dross out there, but this was good quality Sword and Sorcery. Made very much on a shoestring, by a 'repertory company' of actors, actresses, and crafts people, but despite that, overall, it was entertaining, the script worked, the VFX were functional and not over-powering, and the actors delivered good performances. Costuming in particular worked well and weaponry - one of my pet hates is stupid swords, and the ones in Saga - the Shadow Cabal, are nice bits of cutlery, good functional swords.There are somethings that could have been done better - some of the fights sequences are little bit over choreographed, and someone tell the extras to stop all that swaying, but I reckon it's well worth effort.

anymouse2 So, netflix suggested this, and Im a sucker for fantasy.First off, as the negative ones have noted, its low-budget. If you cant be bothered to see anything that doesn't come with a hundred million dollar plus price tag, this will disappoint. If you know how to enjoy films for the creativity, and forgive new companies for not being richer than most countries, you might like this.Fight scenes: as a martial artist, trained in many medieval weapons, the fights actually are fairly historically accurate to various styles of real Earth. Of course, to people that have never seen a fight without Wire-Fu, CGI, and such, this will seem boring and "lame".Scenery: Absolutely gorgeous. I was surprised to find out this was all in Utah. I really was expecting to see New Zealand and Australia from the look of some of the shots.CGI: yeah, that needs work. But, they are new. they'll get better.Actors: the main 3 were good to better. The rest were fair to good. About what you'd expect from a company just starting out. Each tried to add some quirks to make their character stand out. Make-up was very good; managed to catch the iconic essence of the races instead of looking like "LotR" rip-offs. Unless Lord of the Rings is all you know about fantasy.Script: If you know fantasy, this is old hat. No surprises, no twists. Id guess a new company already had their hands full without trying to write an opus on top of just trying to get their foot in the door.All in all, a good watch and highly recommendable.

krawosh My first review of a movie.Was surprised by how good this movie was. I have seen a few B fantasy movies and this is a one of the few good ones. I like the characters and the details of the outfits and makeup. The fight scenes are also good (for a B movie) but they do use a few tricks like fast-forwarding on a few of them. I think they use the same settings a few times but since it is a B movie it is expected.It is a movie you can watch an afternoon when you have nothing to do and it will keep you entertained if you don't want to watch something too serious.