I see why there was virtually no marketing for this whatsoever. It's a largely dull experience without clear stakes and without clear goals and without any meaningful depth of character or theme. By the end of the movie, I felt nothing, because the story concludes without anything of note having changed for either the characters or for the political situation we've been following.

It's action without weight or a sense of significance. It's mostly clumsily filmed and opaquely edited, leaving the impact of every sword swing and arrow pierce off screen. Not even the action is particularly exciting. It's unclear what role everyone is playing in the story because there are so many people to keep track of and the script doesn't properly develop any of them. There are certain characters whose names are crucial to the plot but these characters themselves are rarely, and sometimes never, seen. This is largely due in part to an absurd amount of name-dropping that gets difficult to follow. He and director Debra Granik went through the Leave No Trace screenplay compulsively before the. The films does a lamentably poor job of establishing its multiple antagonists and their respective loyalties, motivations, and especially how they seek to achieve their goals. Ben Foster may be the first actor to actively, excitedly delete his own lines from a script. When I put it that way, it sounds simple but that's not how it plays out on screen. The plot revolves around a soldier caught in the midst of the political scheming between two brothers who seek to be emperor, and how he and those he leads are forced to suffer the consequences of their scheming. But the film can't help but crumble under the weight of its convoluted storytelling. It's a film that has some impressive moments of intense action and several compelling scenes. Even better is the production design and costumes it's a very good-looking, immersive, realistic production.

Medieval is helped by a restrained yet captivating performance from Ben Foster.

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