Overrated

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

At first it start like very slowly - many scenes are different from USA movies - it's different - but very good different - real lands, nature, sounds, costumes, fights, music and everything with action mystic story.

I am very happy about this extraordinary work. Authors thank you very much for the many details that decorate the film. Interesting fights, a variety of people, sharp scenario turns, lack of sweet happy ending. The film is worthy of our sympathy. Thank you to the whole team for this work, I Hope they will continue in the same spirit. P/ s / weak advertising did not allow the film to become a bestseller.

Scythian is a very dynamic and exciting film. you look at one breath, unable to tear yourself away from action. the plot is interesting, the characters are uncommon (especially Kunitsa), the meaning is deep, the denouement is decent - without vanilla and pink snot. definitely worth looking at, the impression of the picture will not let you go for a long time. why the film was negatively condemned by critics for the lack of historicity. but in fact he did not even pretend to it! in the genre it is even indicated that this is fantasy. it's a pity that because of such unreasonable critical articles and insufficient advertising, the film has not received sufficient attention and has a low rating. so, look and draw conclusions.P.S. - sorry for possible mistakes - English is not my native language...

The ScythianThe story is fit for epic proportions, for the bards to sing songs and elders to tell tales for generations to come. Though perhaps predictable at times, it's a classic, in the sense of such myths as Jason and the Argonauts or even Odysseus for example. It is perhaps shadowed a little by somewhat forced dialogue at times. I am not entirely convinced though as I'm not that adept at Russian and don't know how solid or accurate were the subtitles, so the fault may lie in that as well.Acting seems to fit for the most part. Nothing that feels overly awkward. As they are the men of action, they let their fists and daggers and swords and bows and axes do the talking for the majority of the film. The lead seems out of place occasionally and I can't put my finger on it why exactly, but it's really not a that big of a concern because the decent pace will not allow to linger on any particular scene too long. Visually it has good with the bad. Set design and costumes are on point for the most part and feel authentic, but some the locations seem off. Fighting scenes and camerawork are quite well done, though editing seems a bit flimsy at times and therefore some key moments might fall a bit short. Literally even. Unfortunately it also seemed to be yet another retelling of not just the times when the men were Men, but when ugly was Ugly and beautiful was Beautiful. Which is pretty much every film since the invention of camera. A minor issue of course and most likely goes with the mythic theme, but still. Music fits well and helps to emphasize the scenes, sound mixing is enjoyable though, and it might be the language barrier again, I think I detected some syncing issues, but it might totally be my own imagination. Otherwise the scenes' and scenic atmosphere is well created. The adventure is engaging and despite some missteps, you'll enjoy the ride. The action is satisfyingly brutal and better than in many Hollywood's high budget projects. Perhaps mostly because the executives aren't as greedy to force PG-13 ratings on just to cash in slightly more dough. Irrelevant, but I bet that The Dark Tower, for example, would've produced completely different results without these utterly stupid restrictions. But I digress.It's not going to be the best film of the year, but you will enjoy it. Perhaps even enough to watch it again sometime, should you catch it from the telly. It is a solid effort. The pace will carry you through before you know it. Perhaps even leaving you longing for more.