
From the creator of 'Hammer of the Gods', starring Stanley Weber (Borgia) and Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle), the subjects of a ruthless tyrant's oppression discover an unlikely freedom fighter whose code of honor demands bloody retribution.... (Full plot summary below)
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From the creator of 'Hammer of the Gods', starring Stanley Weber (Borgia) and Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle), the subjects of a ruthless tyrant's oppression discover an unlikely freedom fighter whose code of honor demands bloody retribution.
Leave your thoughts about Sword of Vengeance.
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabThe ritualised action sequences work well enough. It's just a pity the film-makers did not pay as much attention to the plotting as to the design of the movie. |
| Village VoiceErnest HardyThe film hits its mark of being a popcorn action flick just fine. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeaturing enough clanging sword fights, severed limbs, slit throats and bare-bones dialogue to satisfy genre fans while pretty much failing to provide something of interest to anyone else, Sword of Vengeance has the feel of an 11th century-set video game. |
| Daily StarAndy LeaFans of samurai movies, historically inaccurate hairdos and a video camera's slow-mo button should lap up this daft swords and sandals slasher. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeDespite all the action and the relatively short running time, we seem to spend large portions of the film waiting for something to happen. |
| Time OutDavid ClackWithout its gratuitous slo-mo, this gleefully daft medieval hack 'n' slasher would last somewhere in the region of 15 minutes. |
| GuardianMike McCahillAs opportunistic Game of Thrones cash-ins go, this perversely watchable low-budget quickie at least improves upon its producers' risible Hammer of the Gods. |
| Radio TimesJames LuxfordThere is a brutal simplicity to the action that will appeal to some, but in terms of non-violent content Sword of Vengeance seems stretched even for a relatively short film. |
| Empire MagazineDan JolinGlum, dumb and (even at 87 minutes) bum-numbing. |
| Times (UK)Wendy IdeIt's the kind of film that confuses slow-motion with significance: a shot of some rain dripping from the end of someone's nose takes minutes but tells us nothing except that the umbrella has not yet been invented. |