cinematography is like blade runner 2049 - great expanse of deserts and high ceilings large encloed spaces. lots monotone color. but the characters are like boilerplate stocks: fat villains, hero royal soldiers, protective mother, and a teen with vision doing things he does not want to do. this is part 1 - so the ending just hang. not interested in part 2. fighting using swards in human waves in a scifi film... custom-wise - a lot of robes flapping in the desert wind. added together, too pretentiousness. teh hero's knife fight w/jamis was lackluster.