Michael Dunkley

This was really a big let down. It has an interesting premise, but about 2/3 of the way through just disintegrates into a sci-fi bug b-movie and not a very good one for that.

after watching so.much dross in 24 it was great to watch a movie that worked on all the levels it was aiming for (road movie, buddy movie, family drama, historical and social commentary). It had me laughing and close to tears in equal measures. And it was short - so nice not to have to watch for 2 hours plus like every movie seems to be currently.

I had great hopes for this film after half an hour - good old fashioned story telling, great visuals, believable characters. After 45 minutes the dialogue was just about keeping the right side of the hammy / cliched / 70s hammer house of horror line. But after an hour until the end of the movie that battle was well and truly lost, with many of the audience descending into titters as moustachioed characters ran earnestly towards castles with flaming torches held aloft. The very ending was, however, well done I thought. Maybe it'll become a cult classic after a while.

First time in a while I've walked out of a cinema. Such an unfunny film.... "Au voir", "You know I don't speak German". Enough said.