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First-off I wanted to give a warning. The ratings suddenly exploded over night with 500 new 10 star ratings and the rating jumped from 6 to 9 stars. Seems a bit suspicious if you ask me.

That said, this film is like a filler episode in the Mythica story. Nothing much happens to progress the story. A bit cool dialogue and a new character keep it somewhat interesting. The fighting scenes and the new quest are far inferior though to the previous film - and this, plus the filler story, is why I didn't enjoy it as much.

If you want to continue following the Mythica universe, you should still watch it, but lower your expectations and don't expect as good a film as the previous one! I think it's justified to call this a filler episode - keep this in mind and you are good to go.

I enjoy the Mythica movies. They're not great but they're fine and there aren't a lot of options for those of us that like fantasy stories. If you thought the first one was watchable, then I'd say watch the whole series since they're all roughly the same quality IMO.

Not going to bother with the story line, there really is not that much to say for it, more or less a D&D session made into a movie, with a sub-par DM as director/movie maker.

Production value makes the standard Scy-Fy Channels stuff look stellar by comparison. Effects are as cheesy as it gets. Dialogue is laughable at best.

The actors may as well be D&D players doing this movie for free. It's that bad.

And just to underscore how bad this is, some troll decided to bot the crap out of the ratings, spamming it with 10 star ratings.

The first two Mythica films may have been cheesy low budget nonsense but they were enjoyable cheesy low budget nonsense.

But now they've brought in a new director who has managed to remove the all important enjoyable bit.

The guy has one trick, one single trick that he does over and over again and it goes like this...slow motion, suddenly fast motion, now slow motion again. And it happens all the time. Even just walking about among some trees or something people start slowing down then suddenly briefly speeding up for no reason at all. After about the 7000'th time this happens you just have to start laughing. I don't know, maybe his editing machine is broken or something but it certainly made this instalment of the Mythica series a chore to sit through. He better cut it out with the next one.

The movie starts pretty weakly, with the choice between killing two people and grabbing a rope versus going on a dangerous quest most certain to be followed by deceit, but I went with it.

There is a new bug controlling character who was pretty interesting, but not nearly explored enough. A smuggler appears later in the film who was also fun, but then he died just when he was becoming interesting and then there are the legions of faceless people dying while all the main characters claim they are righteous and not murderers.

Well, it was fun, although a bit clunky with the story. It made Merrick finally decide her path and didn't squirm from hurting the main characters. All in all, I liked it, but I expect more. They can do better, as they have proved in the past.

When I picked up this DVD for £3 at my local supermarket, I knew I was in for a classic tale of mediocrity, sub par effects, and budget filmmaking.

I was not disappointed.

Acting: I've never seen death and hardship be portrayed in such a dead-pan and wooden manner. Thane's character was under-utilised as his screen presence was quite strong. The bad guys did a good job, but sometimes their writing wasn't believable - for example one of them seemed to be a really bad guy at times, but seemed to develop a kind of stockholm syndrome with the good guys, and this betrayed not only his character but the sense of antagonism and tension within the main 'party' of characters.

Story: A good overall storyline, actually very well paced. Ultimately, the fact that I watched the film in windowed mode while playing Guild Wars 2 speaks volumes about my interest in the on screen action. The introduction was very disappointing as nothing much really happened.

Visual effects: Obviously this is not a huge budget blockbuster, and so the effects are going to reflect this. Still, there was some skilled camera-work which helped mask some of the rougher edges.

Music and Sound: Unfortunately one of the weaker points of the movie. Some of the synthesised effects were very out of place for this genre of film. Also, for the first half there is this unusual helicopter synth sound that is pretty intrusive and goes on for several minutes. I don't know how this sound effect is at all related to progressing the narrative or reflecting the on screen action, it only served as an annoyance.

Conclusion: Why not? Just don't pay top dollar for it.

Also, that one 10 star review on here is obviously fake, right? I mean it has to be fake.

I enjoyed watching Mythica: The Necromancer. It escalates the conflict between the forces of good and evil nicely, and it develops the relationships between the characters quite well too. I thought the story was interesting and I did like the new evil character the team has to work with for most of the film. Szorlok finally makes an appearance too.

The negatives are not very many. There were a few story elements that seemed to be taken from The Empire Strikes Back. It hadn't occurred to me before but the comparison seems obvious now. Gojun is Obi-Wan. Marek is Luke, etc. Although I'm taken with Mythica, it's not in the same league as Star Wars. I always seem to find something I'm not entirely happy with in scenes involving Gojun and Marek, the same was true in this one too. The theme song didn't work for me this time either. It's great when they are singing it in Hammerheads near the start of the film but the version at the end feels very flat. It needs to be much more upbeat!

The failings of this film are in production and special effects. With some better editing and budget, it could have scored even higher for me because the story is a good one and the actors do their damnedest. That's what matters most. The bug man ( you'll know him when you see him) was particularly convincing. The final battle was very well written. The excitement was anime level, a genre in which everything is controllable. The story does not make sense without the previous installments and I am purposefully omitting that shortcoming in my rating. I am assuming you've seen the previous films and are up to date on the story. If so, you're in for some fun!

The first film, 'Mythica: A Quest for Heroes', was not a bad movie but with some major debits and not an awful lot special about it. It was watchable if on the mediocre side if anything. Its first sequel 'Mythica: The Darkspore' quality-wise is about the same (though with a couple of improvements), watchable with nothing to get angry or excited about.

Sad to say that the third film and second follow-up 'Mythica: The Necromancer' is very much inferior to 'A Quest for Heroes' and 'The Darkspore' and didn't feel needed. By all means, 'Mythica: Necromancer' is not terrible, it has its moments and good points and doesn't make one angry, but at the same time it's not particularly good either and doesn't excite. Mediocre is more like it, with a large number of big debits.

A few decent points here. It's nicely photographed generally and more focused in terms of camera work and the scenery is sweeping and boasts some colour and atmosphere. Costumes and sets allow one to get suitably, if not fully, immersed in the fantasy world that is being portrayed.

Not all the acting is bad. Melanie Stone is good in the lead role, and the character is engaging and well-rounded. Nicola Posener's acting has gotten better, she was stiff in 'A Quest for Heroes' but she has gotten more comfortable over time. and while his screen time is still rather short Kevin Sorbo does have more to do and he does seem more involved.

'Mythica: The Necromancer's' music score is in places stirring and fits reasonably well.

However, the special effects do look ropey, the worst of them distractingly bad. The action has gotten more clumsily executed with each 'Mythica' film, being unexciting and under-choreographed and it all looks too safe. Some sloppy editing and lack of interaction in the scenes featuring any action are further disadvantages, not being more apparent in the big fight towards the end which was rushed in storytelling which hurt the coherence of it, terribly clumsy in staging and pedestrian in choreography.

Regarding the script, the more humorous parts are not particularly funny and are misplaced, it's still a bit trite and could have explained things much more. The direction is unimaginative and of the getting-the-job-done-in-a-routine-fashion type. The story lacks heart, feels simplistic and too thin and feels little more than filler.

It does drag frequently and bumps along, with variable momentum, rather than flowing smoothly. The characters are never annoying, but only the main character is properly interesting, the rest are there with shades of a likable personality but little development and some are not always needed. The rest of the acting is nothing to write home about, Kevin Sorbo wasted.

Summing up, mediocre but not terrible. 4/10 Bethany Cox

And so the saga continues - a saga I thoroughly enjoy for its beautiful locations and the adrenaline of adventure with obstacles thrown in around every corner. The photography and visuals seem to get better as the series continues. I did miss Adam Johnson (who plays Thane) during the action sequences, due to him being captured in the beginning of the film, and the film is actually a quest to save him. A very determined character, Betylla, is introduced in this film, wonderfully portrayed by Philip Brodie. The evil inside Marek surfaces more regularly as the series continues, again very well played by Melanie Stone.

This was yet another great action adventure film.

Two more of these to go. Kevin Sorbo who you may know from Hercules (and/or maybe from his insane tweets) is one of the bigger stars in one these I've seen. Although some might argue if we should call him a star. He had a great TV show let's leave it at that.

All that aside, you have to be a fan of Science Fiction movies. The effects are ok for a low budget movie, I would not rate the acting too much ... but I've seen way worse than this for sure. The two part story here worked quite nicely - but again, you have to suspend your disbelief and be a fan ... this was the best of the three I've seen yet ... which isn't saying too much, but something I reckon.

'Mythica: The Necromancer' continues the fun, fantastical chronicle of enterprising mage Marek, ever growing in her powers, as she journeys forth with her friends in a great quest. There's no questioning that these pictures fall below the big-budget standards of major feature films, yet it's easy to get swept up in the adventure and just have a good time. That said, there's a distinctly darker tone at hand here as the series goes on.

Once more, technical aspects of this entry are quite fine. Wardrobe and costume design above all looks outstanding, but filming locations, set design and decoration, props, makeup, hair, prosthetics - it all does so much to build our engagement. Visual effects may not be top of the line, but they certainly exceed what we generally expect from "second-rate" would-be blockbusters. At that, I think there's even still more improvement over predecessor 'Darkspore,' let alone the first film 'A quest for heroes.'

As was the case with the first two movies, the writing is direct and fast-paced with intent to advance the plot. However, I feel like from the very beginning we see dialogue of greater intelligence, and characterizations with considerably expanded depth and complexity. I've previously found the cast to be quite capable, if inhibited by the screenplay. Yet as the writing feels notably better this time around, the actors are afforded more opportunity to explore their roles.

That's true of the secondary supporting cast, yes, but moreso of the principals. Melanie Stone again performs admirably as chief protagonist Marek, showing a range and strength of personality that goes beyond the limits of the parts she most often takes on. Co-stars Adam Johnson, Jake Stormoen, and especially Nicola Posener share in that increased illustration of acting aptitude, if to a marginally lesser extent (admittedly appropriate to their status as major supporting characters). Matthew Mercer gets more screen time as overarching antagonist Szorlok, and it's a joy to see him here. New to the ensemble for 'Necromancer' is Philip Brodie as shady oppositional figure Betylla, giving the heroes a complicated companion for some of their trek.

As with the prior films, the narrative here very much bears the air of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign, brought to life. Just as the production values seem to have obtained a level-up for this third 'Mythica' feature, the characters also show more of what they can do. The party members show improvement of their skills, boosted not just with experience but arguably with training akin to multi-classing. We get dialogue of a high-level wizard supporting character/NPC instructing their relatively fresh-faced protege to NOT to rush to seek out the end-game villain. The story here centers on a surprise B-plot that distracts the party from their long-term goals and destiny - yet which ultimately dovetails into that larger picture. We see spells or abilities echoing D&D staples like Illusory Wall, Light, or the wild intuition and bond with animals of a ranger. With that perspective in mind, it's ever easier to get caught up in the story being told.

The overall saga progresses ever further toward a grand showdown, and the increasing stakes carry with them heightened drama and emotional beats. This portion of the tale is unmistakably grittier, yet that shift in atmosphere works to keep us invested.

This series is a passion project, guided not by multi-million dollar studio backing but by heart and will. As such, it's a fair guess that no one will be watching 'Mythica: The Necromancer' who hasn't already committed to its antecedents, but even so, it's a fun fantasy adventure worth checking out for any fan of the genre.

First two movies in Mythica series were a disaster, as far as I am concerned. The director had no idea what she was doing and was also busy penning the script it seems (explains why the script was awful as well).

Well finally, a new director (Todd Smith) appears for the third movie and saves this movie from going down the hole Anne Black was dragging it down into.

Action is way better (still can use a lot of improvement), script is tight, editing is done way better while no random awful looking CGI monsters make appearances. All monsters were people in costume (like Orcs in LOTR) instead of substandard CGI monsters used for some weird reason in last two movies.

After watching this, I actually want to watch the next movie in Mythica series.

To start off,I know its not worthy of a 10 Star,but did think its more of a 7or8.When you really think about how it seems the majority of movies we are,IMO,seeing made Are"B-"/"B-MINUS" films we are stuck watching!!Though there are many reasons for the viewers rating and opinions,mostly having to do as a start,is if they have good or bad backing,when it comes to either having Low, or High "Movie Budgets".Granted there have bee those "Big Budget,Highly Advertised Blockbuster Films",that endup flopping!!Now it seems films such as this,and its sequels,that Overall Films made anymore are almost intentionally in the "B-/B-MINUS" movies in a world who seems to always want big hit movies.I've found some rather lower-rated/under- rated,IMO,movies that Id found were not bad at all,and concentrated more on the movies story-line vs who the actors were,etc.So on & so forth....

The first was excellent, the second pretty good, and this third rises up toward excellent again! It is very promising that a series can maintain itself so long. They should be watched in order.

Of course, every film has detractors where the film is not for them, so decide if you like the basic premise and look at the positive reviews.

It held well in adventure with battle scenes at the right moments and magic not overused, a good plot with interesting and unexpected turns without being complex, a dialogue that was enough to carry you without being wordy, principles of sacrifice you connected to - there was never a moment where your mind stopped to wander, and was able to capture a number of symbolic moments where you really felt triumph and success.

Very much recommend, and well done to the producer and cast, I'm sure they all had a lot of fun!