5.0
In dark ages Britain, a time of magic and legend, a powerful druid is bent on destroying the Celtic people. Arthur, a banished warrior, and Merlin, a hermit wizard, embark on a heroic quest to stop the druid and save their people, before the Celts are lost forever and become a myth themselves.
Kirk Barker
Arthur
Adrian Bouchet
Lucan
David Sterne
King Vortigern
Nigel Cooke
Aberthol
Charlotte Brimble
Olwen
Nicholas Asbury
Orin
Garth Maunders
Faelan
Andrew Grose
Brian
Joseph Attenborough
Eogan
Jack Rigby
Anyon
Alison Harris
Branwen
Stefan Butler
Myrrdin
Harvey Walsh
Young Arthfael
Jack Maw
Young Myrrdin
Hattie Pardy-McLaughlin
Young Nia
Helen Phillips
Nia
Gareth Bennett-Ryan
Brice
Kiel O'Shea
Drest
Ben Boorman
Yorath
Karin Floengard Jonsson
Radha
Nathaniel Marten
Rogan
Delilah Gyves-Smart
Pregant Woman
Ethan Mckinley
Torquil
David Morrell
Hunter
Robin Berry
Scrawny Villager
Ben Craze
Grizzly Villager
Bartley Burke
Excited Villager Eric
Director, Writer
Marco van Belle
Story
Leonora Lim-Moore
Story
Paul Osborne
Story
Adam T. Winters
Writer
Kat Wood
January 23, 2025
5
This is actually quite a watchable drama that's been made with one camera on a shoestring budget in some caves somewhere is darkest Staffordshire. It's a precursor to traditional Arthurian legend but still follows that young man - thus far called "Arthfael" (Kirk Barker) as he falls foul of nasty king "Vortigern" (David Sterne) and his henchman "Aberthol" (Nigel Cooke) who murdered his mother when he was young and then drove the young man into the woods. He's heard tell of the legendary "Myrrdin" (Stefan Butler) in whom he thinks he can put his trust and maybe get some vengeance. What now ensues is all fairly predictable, but rather than dot the thing with endless cheap and cheerful visual effects, it satisfies itself with a few blue bulbs (out of shot) and some slightly comical acting to feign the mysticism, hypnotism and evil of the times. There's probably too much dialogue and at times you just want to scream "get a room" to our intrepid pair of rebels, but by limiting itself to delivering something that doesn't rely on tech is hasn't got, it works akin to one of the old television episodes of "Robin of Sherwood" meets "Merlin". No, you'll never remember it afterwards, but if you like the genre and the characters then there are plenty of worse renditions out there.