Journey to Promethea

January. 01,2010      PG-13
Rating:
2.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A tyrannical king reigns over his kingdom with an iron fist, but there is hope. A prophecy foretold long ago states that a boy will rise up against the oppressive regime and lead his people to the promised land of Promethea. This is the action-packed journey of one boy that sparks a rebellion that ignites a vicious clash where only one group can emerge alive and victorious.

Billy Zane as  King Laypach
Marcelle Baer as  Harin

Reviews

Scanialara
2010/01/01

You won't be disappointed!

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Pluskylang
2010/01/02

Great Film overall

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Dotbankey
2010/01/03

A lot of fun.

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Odelecol
2010/01/04

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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silverkelt
2010/01/05

While you can get away with low budget movies, trying to do so with a cast this large, produced a very bad result. Hackney scripting, acting and story telling. Bad props, terrible makeup, horrible voice effects. I do not blame anyone really, when you try to do a fantasy epic on 2 million dollars, Boom, this is your end result. This is ok for say, some friends who got together and did a fantasy movie, for almost zero dollars spent (because in reality 2 million for something of this scope is nearer to Zero dollars then not. ) Not good, not worth your time watching really.Compare and Contrast this with something like Saga, Curse of the Shadow .. That was "low" budget done right, I am sure its budget was bigger then this, but still, it was done right.

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kgbx-988-330954
2010/01/06

Bad acting, bad dialog,bad writing, bad directing, bad special effects, and bad musical score but other than that a good movie. The only saving grace is the queen's scantily clad Amazon guards. The male soldiers were armor but the ladies do not require much more than a loin cloth. This movie could not make up its mind whether to be soft core porn or a serious film and as a result it was neither. I have seen better acting in porn films as well as better plots. And what is with those fake British accents?I cannot believe that someone had $200 million dollars just laying around that needed to be spent on this dog of a movie. Surely there are more worthy causes that could benefit from this money. Scholarships for clown college perhaps?

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harris3810-1
2010/01/07

My 12-year-old nephew chose this film off our NetFlix suggestions list. I find this suggestion extremely frightening because it proves the Internets, or NetFlix at least, are now self-aware and have the ability to read not only into your mind, but your soul. In the opening scene of the film I was skeptical; were these 'medieval' costumes so clean because they were rented and needed to be returned later that afternoon? were there actually three Snow White figures in each town? is chrome armor so effective you don't need pants? do six soldiers make an army?As the piece continued, however, my disbelief lifted like a fog and I began to really get a feel for the characters. There was a woodland hunter, so human, so fallible, who did not realize he could not kill anything with his crossbow because there was no point on the arrow. This touch of subtlety in the creation of this work of art indicates a master's hand. The 'hero' character, young, naive, beautiful, wore knee-high boots with tassels that were as new to walking as he was to battle in a stunning display of symbolism. The greenish-yellow troll thing spoke with an electronically-altered voice rendering it completely impossible to understand and his floppy rubber hands warned me: DO NOT TRUST THIS TROLL. (I did not.) In London I saw Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart perform Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," but never before have I been blown away by a performance than last night when I saw Billy Zane's interpretation of the King (I forgot the king's name). His mannerisms: pure royalty. His face: a mirror into my own decadence. His hair: well, I think it was a wig. It would be criminal for me with my rustic intellect to even attempt a worthy critique. Like a sunrise after a storm or the birth of an angel, you must see it to fully understand its beauty and its effect on the human spirit. Many of you can appreciate a spectacular smile on a young woman, and boy does this film deliver. The filmmakers were well aware of the little-known tactic 'Amazon' warriors used with great effect: distract your enemy with the nearly-exposed female form. The grace and fluidity in movement of these lady-soldiers complement their skill as orators. When a supple young bodyguard tightens her delectable abdomen and draws a deep breath before pledging her very life to protect the princess, you find yourself hoping the situation never calls for blood, because she. is. serious. SPOILER: She lives like 2 more minutes. I realize this review must gloss over much of the film, but the one scene that cannot be overlooked, the culmination of hours, maybe days of writing, setting up, filming, is the final epic battle between good and evil. The King's general, Fat Round-Faced Bald Man with No Pants, finally confronts our hero and his sexy entourage. With an army of at least 6 men, No Pants Man boldly dispatches everyone in his way, even our hero's beloved mentor who was supposed to be an awesome warrior. Fortunately, our hero is reminded through (rather ill-timed) flashback to "Remember his Destiny!" and soundly defeats No Pants Man by knocking tobacco juice out of his mouth. Our hero and his semi-buff, shirtless brother, accompanied by super-hot princess run to thrust the glowing sword into a pile of cardboard. I am not sure why the film crew chose cardboard, but it worked. Miles away, Billy Zane burst into flames (much like my eyes had done during his performance) and that was pretty much it. All the 'townsfolk' in their very clean costumes walked towards their dazzling castle, painted on the sky in the far distance. In conclusion, this film, this commentary on the human condition, has started me on a new path. I no longer overlook starving homeless people. Now I look on with pity. I pick litter up off the street (as long as there is a trash can nearby). Please, take 84 minutes to watch this film and let's make the world a better place. One Star for only being 84 minutes long.

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ichirou1989
2010/01/08

I just finish watching this awful awful movie, and I must say, I want the hour and a half of my life back. I have seen some awful movies in my life time but this takes the cake, I personally saw this movie because red box had nothing else, and even one dollar was to much to pay for this movie. The movie begins watching a bunch of samirian's walking through the woods which they were sentenced to do for life, and most of them were extremely well dressed for people walking the woods for years, some with perfectly clean white shirts. It looked like they rounded up people at the renaissance fair and asked them to pose for a camera. the soldier's armor was all exactly the same and clean, even the weapons for every character were the same as if they ordered everything whole sale, these characters looked so unrealistic for the time era they were posing for, the make up on the deformed characters looked like they were wearing a cheep Halloween mask. the only good actor was the king but they did not nearly give him enough camera time, one character looked like a yoda wana be, and the only part worth my money was seeing the eye candy in the water half naked. Honestly 2 million dollars to pay for this movie is a joke, it felt like a budgeted porno film, I was waiting for the tacky music to turn on and the green midget to rip his robes off and start humping the princess. if you want to waist the plot left a lot to be desired and nothing in the movie made sense, they showed scenes at points were it should not of been and no one cared about, the one thing that brought me to this movie was the poster and the title which lead me to believe it was a high resolution mythology movie, but really its a bunch of geeks that made something maybe only worthy of youtube. I rate this a 1 and if I could a -10, nothing is worse than this movie, i would go to the point to sue for my one measly dollar back to help prevent this company from making any more movies like this one you have been warned, do not see this movie!

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