This movie looks like it was filmed on a cellphone. The acting and fight scenes are just horrible. The story is bland and uninspired. I was not expecting Lord of the Rings or anything, but even for an indie it left a lot to be desired.
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Poor acting is fun to watch
adrianomartorana7 May 2022
The plot is not bad, screenwriting average and very contrived a bit like a pantomime.
Ryan Livingstone comes over as if he swallowed Brian Blessed and then shouted at everyone and everything.. Not one good actor in this film which makes it funny you wonder which idiots given them money to finance such drivel.
Ryan Livingstone comes over as if he swallowed Brian Blessed and then shouted at everyone and everything.. Not one good actor in this film which makes it funny you wonder which idiots given them money to finance such drivel.
LOL, glad I am drinking
kcmcgarry22 November 2022
I love watching Dragon and Magic genre movies, but for this one I am glad I started drinking first. It's so low budget and comical acting that now I can't stop watching it. I think it might be a younger generation version to compete with "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." If a killer rabbit comes on screen I am hooked. Only 281 characters left before I am allowed to submit this review. Dang, just realized spaces don't count as characters like text message apps do. 132 characters left. Wow, the hot villain chick already turned to the good side. Wow, the geek has already fell behind the knights.. enough characters so "Submit Review"
5 out of 10
hillaryfitzgerald30 March 2022
This film is a mix of decent but not incredible acting... decent but not incredible cinematography, decent but not incredible vfx and a decent but not incredible story.
It's not as bad as most low budget fantasy movies, and it's clear that some love and effort has gone into this. This is why I would "Dragon Knight" a five out of 10? Would I watch more fantasy films from Lawrie Brewster?
I would give that a carefully considered yes.
The final battle scene was especially impressive given the modest budget, with hundreds of warriors and a fairly convincing 3d dragon.
For fans of Fantasy B-Movies, this is a solid 6 out of 10, for regular folks this is a 5. I'd ignore some of these childish edge lord reviews, and I'd challenge anyone to recommend any low budget fantasy movies made in the last 10 years that are comparable to this except for the Mythica series.
I'd recommend this for fans of independent film, Mythica... and perhaps even the old Dragonheart movies.
It's not as bad as most low budget fantasy movies, and it's clear that some love and effort has gone into this. This is why I would "Dragon Knight" a five out of 10? Would I watch more fantasy films from Lawrie Brewster?
I would give that a carefully considered yes.
The final battle scene was especially impressive given the modest budget, with hundreds of warriors and a fairly convincing 3d dragon.
For fans of Fantasy B-Movies, this is a solid 6 out of 10, for regular folks this is a 5. I'd ignore some of these childish edge lord reviews, and I'd challenge anyone to recommend any low budget fantasy movies made in the last 10 years that are comparable to this except for the Mythica series.
I'd recommend this for fans of independent film, Mythica... and perhaps even the old Dragonheart movies.
Worst ever
toddcphoto6 July 2022
Direction is horrible. Acting is terrible. I understand making a movie as a farce but this is embarrassing when it comes to quality and execution. Please Hex Studio's just stop. You had one good rip-off with the Owlman. Please stop.
Poor and soo poor acting.
jaffernesh12 April 2022
Bad bad bad ...
sagitan-8623710 April 2022
Amateur hour
elpenguino13 April 2022
Pure Independent Filmmaking Magic!
nickolasfmiles31 March 2022
Hex Studios has done it again! After watching most of Hex Studio's filmography, they continue to impress through the genre of medieval history/lore, psychological horror, gothic horror, and suspense. Now with this "fantasy/action" movie, it seems like a new step in Hex Studio's filmmaking journey.
Professional Indie Fantasy
Chocolatemountain2129 March 2022
I've always been a big fan of 80's and 70's Sword and Sorcery movies, such as Sword and the Sorcerer or Conan the Barbarian. Dragon Knight, is more comparable to "Red Sonja", with its mixture of fantasy melodrama, horror and comedy. At times this mix of styles doesn't gel as well together as it should, and I wonder if this film series (if it becomes a film series) might not benefit from taking a darker, more serious tone.
That said, what we do have is a superior, cut above the rest, indie fantasy film, comparable and perhaps even superior to the early films of the Mythica series.
The performances while mixed, are generally professional, with the clear standout the character of Jigme, a black clad assassin - and the mysterious henchmen known as the Saskak who speak with uncanny, almost feminine voices.
Haters might pick on aspects of the low budget production, but for the budget... it's obvious that the effects for the dragon, costuming and locations are impressive. Comparable, to the old Dragonheart films (minus the number of extras).
I feel bad for making fun of some critics that might gripe more than me, but it's just so lazy and easy to pick on fantasy. It doesn't need to be all about you my friends.
So, I would give Dragon Knight a 7, if we're comparing the film to indie fantasy, and a 6 if it was a mainstream comparison.
That said, what we do have is a superior, cut above the rest, indie fantasy film, comparable and perhaps even superior to the early films of the Mythica series.
The performances while mixed, are generally professional, with the clear standout the character of Jigme, a black clad assassin - and the mysterious henchmen known as the Saskak who speak with uncanny, almost feminine voices.
Haters might pick on aspects of the low budget production, but for the budget... it's obvious that the effects for the dragon, costuming and locations are impressive. Comparable, to the old Dragonheart films (minus the number of extras).
I feel bad for making fun of some critics that might gripe more than me, but it's just so lazy and easy to pick on fantasy. It doesn't need to be all about you my friends.
So, I would give Dragon Knight a 7, if we're comparing the film to indie fantasy, and a 6 if it was a mainstream comparison.
Drag on and on and on Knight
iamkrause29 March 2022
Just pointless and dull. Bad acting, generic as hell, poorly written. I could forgive the low budget if it wasn't so bland. Boring bloodless sword fights. Every bad guy wears a mask so they could use the same 3 "stuntmen" for each fight. No passion. Didn't care about any of the characters. The end battle was larger, but by that point (long before that point actually) I didn't care. Yep, it had a dragon.
It was shot in a nice wide 2.35:1 aspect ratio, but barely had the content of a 4:3 90s Hercules TV rip-off to fill it. The score was fine.
I feel bad making fun of this movie because it was obvious that the people who made it were sincere and at least trying. But it just wasn't good. They should have made a fun Deathstalker rip-off or a simple kid's flick. Instead, it just seems like a resume placeholder made because "reasons".
It was shot in a nice wide 2.35:1 aspect ratio, but barely had the content of a 4:3 90s Hercules TV rip-off to fill it. The score was fine.
I feel bad making fun of this movie because it was obvious that the people who made it were sincere and at least trying. But it just wasn't good. They should have made a fun Deathstalker rip-off or a simple kid's flick. Instead, it just seems like a resume placeholder made because "reasons".
Dreadful Night
pete1-230 March 2022
The first 60 seconds of the movie intro looked okay... then the actors began talking and acting and it was all rather comical. These are some of the worst actors to ever grace the screen. To sum up, the story was pathetic, the action was of a high-school play quality and the production was so cheap it was akin to a Monty Python comedy skit. Do not watch this garbage unless you hate yourself and feel like more self loathing for 90 minutes.
The slow narrative and guttural delivery of dialogue just killed the movie...
paul_haakonsen15 April 2022
Great, another movie made by Live Action Role-Playing enthusiasts.
I stumbled upon the 2022 fantasy movie "Dragon Knight" by random luck, and having played fantasy role-playing games for just about 36 years, then of course I opted to sit down and watch what writer Sarah Daly and director Lawrie Brewster had to offer.
Turns out that they didn't have a whole lot to offer. This movie was low budget and amateurish at best. Everything just permeated a stench of LARP (Live Action Role-Playing) to high heavens. And that is just not something I want to watch on the screen. If I had an interest in LARPing, I would venture out to one of the local forests and have a gander at the geeks dressing up as goblins and wizards.
I am sure that the concept of the storyline in "Dragon Knight" was fair enough, however it should have been kept away from camera lenses in a dark, dense forest full of nerds and geeks playing dress-up.
For a fantasy movie then "Dragon Knight" was a heavy swing with a two-handed sword, but both the writer and the director apparently rolled a natural 1 on their skill check and fumbled most horribly. The movie was atrociously bad.
I managed to sit through 30 minutes, and the narrative was so slow and uneventful that I believed that I had sat through more than an hour. So I was rather shocked when only 30 minutes had passed. And the pacing of the story was one of the major reasons for why I opted to end the suffering after 30 minutes. This movie was just simply not worth the time of day.
The acting performances in "Dragon Knight" were amateurish. Again, I am going to draw the LARP card here, because the performances felt like that. And lead actor Ryan Livingstone (playing Braedyn) was just downright laughably bad to witness on the screen as he was growling forcefully through every single syllable of dialogue. Granted, I wasn't familiar with a single performer on the cast list here, and that is usually something I do enjoy when watching movies. But "Dragon Knight" hardly qualified as a proper movie, so go figure.
As much as I enjoy the fantasy genre, then truth of the matter is that most of the movies out there are not really worth the effort. And "Dragon Knight" didn't turn out to be any different. If you enjoy fantasy movies, don't waste your time, money or effort on this movie from writer Sarah Daly and director Lawrie Brewster.
My rating of "Dragon Knight" lands on a glorious two out of ten stars.
I stumbled upon the 2022 fantasy movie "Dragon Knight" by random luck, and having played fantasy role-playing games for just about 36 years, then of course I opted to sit down and watch what writer Sarah Daly and director Lawrie Brewster had to offer.
Turns out that they didn't have a whole lot to offer. This movie was low budget and amateurish at best. Everything just permeated a stench of LARP (Live Action Role-Playing) to high heavens. And that is just not something I want to watch on the screen. If I had an interest in LARPing, I would venture out to one of the local forests and have a gander at the geeks dressing up as goblins and wizards.
I am sure that the concept of the storyline in "Dragon Knight" was fair enough, however it should have been kept away from camera lenses in a dark, dense forest full of nerds and geeks playing dress-up.
For a fantasy movie then "Dragon Knight" was a heavy swing with a two-handed sword, but both the writer and the director apparently rolled a natural 1 on their skill check and fumbled most horribly. The movie was atrociously bad.
I managed to sit through 30 minutes, and the narrative was so slow and uneventful that I believed that I had sat through more than an hour. So I was rather shocked when only 30 minutes had passed. And the pacing of the story was one of the major reasons for why I opted to end the suffering after 30 minutes. This movie was just simply not worth the time of day.
The acting performances in "Dragon Knight" were amateurish. Again, I am going to draw the LARP card here, because the performances felt like that. And lead actor Ryan Livingstone (playing Braedyn) was just downright laughably bad to witness on the screen as he was growling forcefully through every single syllable of dialogue. Granted, I wasn't familiar with a single performer on the cast list here, and that is usually something I do enjoy when watching movies. But "Dragon Knight" hardly qualified as a proper movie, so go figure.
As much as I enjoy the fantasy genre, then truth of the matter is that most of the movies out there are not really worth the effort. And "Dragon Knight" didn't turn out to be any different. If you enjoy fantasy movies, don't waste your time, money or effort on this movie from writer Sarah Daly and director Lawrie Brewster.
My rating of "Dragon Knight" lands on a glorious two out of ten stars.
Clumsy production
supermellowcali29 March 2022
This movie's a mix of good and horrible acting, directing and editing. Hard to stay interested tho it might be a good story because there doesn't seem to be any new ideas... kind of a copy of other dragon-sword fight movies but this is an action adventure movie, so imo the action should be much better and the adventure should be something different from what's been done already.
Pretty good for a LARP in the Park.
HorrorFilmHellion3 April 2022
There's 3 basic comparative tiers for medieval fantasy.. You have your Lord of the Rings/Game of thrones at the top, the Arrowstorm Entertainment products as the solid middle (Mythica, The Outpost), and then you have essentially LARP on film. This one falls a ways below Mythica, but it's better than some of the LARPs that look like a weekend project. I'll give it a generous 3 for effort, and for some small bits and pieces of decentness. But to be fair, even some of the low budget/campy D&D movies are much better than this.
I hope they had fun
rcvandervalk16 February 2024
The 4 students of the film Academy, and their friends from the Hamlet they were born in, i hope they had fun.
The acting, music, story, plotline, camera work, effects, combat, acting, make up, did I mention acting and story?
It is so awful you can sit down and enjoy it for the absolute garbage it is. Whatever you do in life, at least it'll never be as bad as this film.
Positive reviews can't be from anyone other than the mothers of the actors of anyone involved.
It is without a doubt not better than a prank video from aspiring 12 year olds on YouTube. But that would be better, because they haven't made it into a full length film.
The acting, music, story, plotline, camera work, effects, combat, acting, make up, did I mention acting and story?
It is so awful you can sit down and enjoy it for the absolute garbage it is. Whatever you do in life, at least it'll never be as bad as this film.
Positive reviews can't be from anyone other than the mothers of the actors of anyone involved.
It is without a doubt not better than a prank video from aspiring 12 year olds on YouTube. But that would be better, because they haven't made it into a full length film.
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mikeymartin-8667029 January 2024
This movie was horrible. I couldn't watch it. From the terrible acting to the protagonist trying to talk rough And the annoying squire And the female protagonist that looks like she's not even out of high school yet to everything else . The dragon knight is what you get when you can't hire henry Cavill, the Witcher, so you settle for a cheap knock off. It was like watching a PBS special. I feel violated, to have watched this Horrible movie. I'm gonna be getting drunk for the next six years or so so I can try to forget this horrible movie. It is clear that the Director of the movie is probably not even out of high school yet. And to anybody else, that's even considering please don't for your sake, and your kids sake do not watch this Movie. I beg you don't put your kids through this torture.
Fantasy Epic
zach-564357 April 2022
Finally a film with a good quality Dragon, watched some crap indie films recently where the vex was seriously lacking. Dragon knight didn't disappoint. The middle section of the film could have been a bit faster, but worth nit for the big battle at the end.
DRAGON KNIGHT! 6 (but could have been an 8)
SeamenoftheHills8829 March 2022
I normally watch 4Digital / High Flier fantasy / sci fi films on Amazon for fun. Same way that I watch Asylum sci-fi channel creature flicks. This fantasy film from Scotland was actually surprisingly good. Don't let the generic name put you off as it's a bit more interesting than that.
The production value was quite professional with really nice render work on the dragon. Mixed acting like you'd expect, but overall not as bad as you'd expect. Weapons and armor looked great, and so did the locations.
So why a 6 and not a 10? I'm just not such a fan of the comedy bits. When the film is serious and more horror like, that's when it shines. If the whole film was like that, it would be a 8 from me.
The story itself is pretty simple, but it feels like it can be developed further and I have a feeling this will be a series. If so, then it just needs to fix those bits that don't work. If they do, then this could be a great series to watch alongside something like Mythica.
Edit - Pfft... some of the critique I've read is unfair. Perhaps fair if you're comparing it to Lord of the Rings but... for indie fantasy this is one of the best I've seen for years.
The production value was quite professional with really nice render work on the dragon. Mixed acting like you'd expect, but overall not as bad as you'd expect. Weapons and armor looked great, and so did the locations.
So why a 6 and not a 10? I'm just not such a fan of the comedy bits. When the film is serious and more horror like, that's when it shines. If the whole film was like that, it would be a 8 from me.
The story itself is pretty simple, but it feels like it can be developed further and I have a feeling this will be a series. If so, then it just needs to fix those bits that don't work. If they do, then this could be a great series to watch alongside something like Mythica.
Edit - Pfft... some of the critique I've read is unfair. Perhaps fair if you're comparing it to Lord of the Rings but... for indie fantasy this is one of the best I've seen for years.
Is this a serious movie or a bad comedy? Make up your mind!
schillin12817 May 2022
Listen... I love a passion project and/or low budget film as much as the next viewer. You can tell there is decent production value & the cinematography was decent, but this is clearly where all of their budget went. The actors are truly atrocious. My non-paid actor friends that starred in my small YouTube zombie production could have done better.
What really took me out of the movie was when the whimsical bard music started playing around 7-8 minutes in and the goofy bartender boy starts following the extremely angry & always yelling "dragon knight." I was confused, first we have some dark serious intro scenes and a young girl is taken against her will, then moments later we're joking around with the goofy town boy like it's a comedy. Here lies the extreme importance of good screenplay writing & setting the tone and maintaining it. If you are going to interject humor into your film, especially one about knights, dragons, sorcery, and the like; then you need to do it very subtly. That is unless your movie truly is a comedy, which I'm not getting that this was the intention for this movie.
Perhaps vet your actors & have more casting calls because your main characters weren't very strong & barely even likeable. At 22 minutes in, I'm really struggling to identify w/ the dragon knight or the mystery archer. I'm trying here guys, it's just not there!
It was nice to see that they used practical effects where they could and didn't go overboard with the CGI.
What really took me out of the movie was when the whimsical bard music started playing around 7-8 minutes in and the goofy bartender boy starts following the extremely angry & always yelling "dragon knight." I was confused, first we have some dark serious intro scenes and a young girl is taken against her will, then moments later we're joking around with the goofy town boy like it's a comedy. Here lies the extreme importance of good screenplay writing & setting the tone and maintaining it. If you are going to interject humor into your film, especially one about knights, dragons, sorcery, and the like; then you need to do it very subtly. That is unless your movie truly is a comedy, which I'm not getting that this was the intention for this movie.
Perhaps vet your actors & have more casting calls because your main characters weren't very strong & barely even likeable. At 22 minutes in, I'm really struggling to identify w/ the dragon knight or the mystery archer. I'm trying here guys, it's just not there!
It was nice to see that they used practical effects where they could and didn't go overboard with the CGI.
Waist of time
waelzaki045 April 2022
Dragon Knight
CinemaSerf9 August 2023
I think the kingdom ought to have been called "Agonise" rather than "Agonos" for agony is pretty much the sentiment you have after one hundred minutes of this fantasy bobbins. The realm is under threat from invasion and it falls to "Braedyn" (Ryan Livingstone) to track down the last dragon and hope that it will agree to help him and his few courageous colleagues to thwart the demon lord "Abaddon" before everything is turned to ashes. This has two things that really work against it. It has obviously been made on a tiny budget and so the single camera combat photography and the very limited special effects do it no favours at all. Secondly, there is a distinct paucity of dragon! It does try to be a bit darker, their seemingly invincible masked opponents do emit a little menace, but it's far too wordy and the cast just don't make much of an impact with a rather well trammelled plot that joins the cinema dots all too predictably. Still, it's not the worst and director Lawrie Brewster is possibly guilty of trying too hard here rather than not trying hard enough - especially given the limited talent of his, well, talent! It's instantly forgettable television fodder, this - but if you like the genre (I do) then it's still just about worth a watch.
Well made but flawed
hellholehorror31 August 2023
This is a well made film and I found it difficult to pinpoint why I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have. The visual effects are excellent, the acting solid, the characters interesting, the production design and costumes are excellent, the pacing is mostly good with only occasional dips. So what's wrong? It's the motivation. The characters do things that I could not understand why they were doing it. They switched opinions and changed sides and went places for no reason. I was also disappointed that we didn't see the big bad Abaddon. Also some of the fight choreography felt slow. If you can simply accept the characters actions then the film would be far more entertaining as there is some humour and some action!
Jigme and the Dragon
jagannon-809634 November 2023
I wouldn't like to be too harsh towards an indie film clearly made on a very modest budget but too many scenes in this film which evoked Peter Jackson's trilogy served only to remind me what I loved so much about The Lord of the Rings. That said there are things to like here and had it not been for the Knight character's shouty/angry delivery of practically every line and his sidekick's very campy performance which just wasn't to my taste I may of given this more than a 4.
The supporting cast's performances are mixed, again with a few being a bit too shouty to be to my liking. But the clear standout here is Megan Tremethick in the role of Jigme which is somewhat reminiscent of Joanne Whalley's Sorsha in Willow. Here is a young actress of real promise. Additionally, I was impressed by the dragon design and the battle scenes are on the whole pretty good.
I've just watched 'Dragon Knight' after having seen the very poorly received 'BloodRayne'. And I'm sorry to say Lawrie Brewster may of been well served to of gone to the Uwe Boll playbook and thrown in some gratuitous sex and gore to liven up proceedings but it did just about managed to hold my attention for its 98 minutes runtime.
The supporting cast's performances are mixed, again with a few being a bit too shouty to be to my liking. But the clear standout here is Megan Tremethick in the role of Jigme which is somewhat reminiscent of Joanne Whalley's Sorsha in Willow. Here is a young actress of real promise. Additionally, I was impressed by the dragon design and the battle scenes are on the whole pretty good.
I've just watched 'Dragon Knight' after having seen the very poorly received 'BloodRayne'. And I'm sorry to say Lawrie Brewster may of been well served to of gone to the Uwe Boll playbook and thrown in some gratuitous sex and gore to liven up proceedings but it did just about managed to hold my attention for its 98 minutes runtime.
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