Sword of Vengeance is a revenge story. That's pretty much it. It isn't complicated, there are no real twists and turns in the road as you watch. To be honest, it's completely predictable. But that doesn't mean it's necessarily a bad movie, but it doesn't lend much to the viewer.Jim Weedon's cinematic entry is a short piece about the Normans and Saxons after decades of war, violence and death. Stanley Weber plays the lead character; Shadow Walker, a swordsman on an path of retribution for the death of a loved one, and honour bound not to break his oath of revenge.Not much happens in this movie. It's very A to B to C, and the flashbacks throughout don't lend much to the overall plot. It's simple, and some viewers might like that, but in my opinion it's a little too vague throughout. It's unclear, and it may entirely turn off the viewer by the end. Although there is some decent swordplay and some well choreographed fight scenes to keep the viewer entertained. But the dialogue is seriously lacking and several actors seem very untrained at best.What is interesting is they visual aspect in this movie. There is a nice contrast between very light and very dark in every frame. A lot of close up visuals of their faces really lend to the grit and violence that the men and women in the film endure. There are some very nice shots full of such visual beauty, that it really surprised me at times.A rather forgetful little film, but I believe Jim Weedon has a lot to offer in the future.5/10

It feels a bit of a fish mash of a group of film fans that are trying to make a film together using ideas from films they like.The sound track sounds 1980s sc-fi which goes well with the fallout, Max max back grounds.It has a spaghetti western feel to it. At times the dialogue felt badly dubbed lines.Plenty of sword and fight action. Filming looks clumsy but i think they move it around so much to make it look more of an epic battle then it is.Again using the 300 or Sin City black and white with dashes of colour to make it look more stylish works at times but at times it looks far too post nuclear rather then England.The acting is OK no real character growth. Very much the mysterious loner much copied from Sergio Leonie films of the 60's.I nearly gave up on this because it felt dark and slow. I thought oh no its a sc-fi chanel cheap and nasty with digital special effects and poor acting type of film.What made me stick with it was the FALLOUT game look. The FALLOUT series is my favourite console game.They should have left history out of it and leave it to the audience to decide if it was the future or past or another world.Plus points it is quite cool if slow. At times looks very good.I can see why it splits peoples scores so much. It feels very much like a movie for film technical and style lovers rather then the block buster type. It would surprise me if it became a bit of an under ground cult film like Django the original.

It makes no sense to me that this movie has such a low average rating on IMDb. The cinematography is excellent, the direction is good and the acting is fine. There is never a dull moment from beginning to end. The fight choreography is very good, and the costumes are realistic and accurate for the time in history.The hero's love interest played by Annabelle Wallis is very beautiful and is the ideal person to play her character, and Stanley Weber was likewise perfect for his role as the Shadow Walker.I highly recommend this movie to anyone who likes historical action dramas. It's not overly long, and it's entertaining throughout.From http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/invasion_threat_01.shtm l "To prevent future raids and crush internal resistance, William I adopted a 'scorched earth' policy known as the 'harrowing of the north', and castles appeared throughout England to garrison a resident military force."

It starts off slow and moves on at the same pace throughout. After 10 minutes, I realized that it wasn't going to speed up.But that's OK, because this movie is about the hero. He is, quite literally, all that matters. The hero is right out of feudal Japan, with his honor-bound "only vengeance matters" ethics, and his short clipped way of speaking with an accent that doesn't belong in Scotland. His fighting style is completely out of place and would be laughably ineffective in real life. Good thing he learned to hold his sword backwards, otherwise he'd have killed all the baddies twice as fast and the movie might have been tempted to run at a normal pace..No other characters matter. There is a "love interest" that doesn't really make any deep connection and only exists to give the hero exactly ONE dynamic character lesson, a trio of bad guys that have exactly ONE motive each, and a plethora of other characters that might as well be nameless as they don't do much else except perform all the basic necessary menial tasks involved in making a hero look heroic without trying too hard.There is no accuracy in terms of dress, speech, military action, governmental oversight, etc. These things don't matter, only the hero matters. He looks cool and is a total awesome dude. The movie has to rock because the hero does. Right? In addition, it was filmed in the "bleak style" that is so prevalent among stylized films. This means they removed most of the color. I have never understood this particular method of filming. Can the world not be bleak in its own right? And lastly, the soundtrack spends most of its time being out of place. Sometimes it sounds like something out of a sci-fi film (mostly when the hero is spinning his sword around, complete with whirly sound effects), sometimes it sounds like moody atmospheric mush (mostly when the hero is looking stoic and heroic), and usually moves itself into the typical drum-heavy orchestral epic sounding stuff (mostly when the hero is killing lots of people while holding his sword backwards). There is no reference, or even an implied reference, to any sort of traditional gaelic or celtic musical form, melody or instrument.This is getting long, so I'll cut it off here with a final comment:This movie is so empty of substance that it's like a skeleton of ideas that are designed to be easily fit into any genre. Take this hero and stick him into a sci-fi feature battling the evil space barons that killed his family. You don't even have to change the soundtrack. Next throw it all into a pirate feature. It will work just fine, just need to tweak the costumes a little bit.This movie is bland and devoid of any real character. Very forgettable.