![]() As a fantasy fan you can watch this B-movie, but unfortunately I can't recommend it. The scenery and the costumes remain good, and I also like the girls of the troupe. It starts right after the events of the first film, but somehow it is not believable and seems constructed. Some other parts are also not convincing: The fight scenes this time are surprisingly bad, annoying fairies are needless, and the story bobs up and down. And therefore one must not always bring an "expensive dragon, especially if the fight against it is so clumsy. In some scenes I really thought "What the hell?" Smoke, blood, riders and magic have to be done better. Instead of having bad CGI it would be better to halve the number of effects and improve them. The makers seem to have forgotten that they have only a little budget. Sure, as a fan of fantasy films, Independent movies and as Kickstarter Backer I still give here five stars, but it could have been done better. I'm inclined to give it higher score since it has the feel of fantasy adventure when it shines for a brief moment, but the lackluster characterization and effects make the movie into an ordinary fetch quest, hardly a captivating tale.Īfter a promising start with Mythica 1 I was disappointed with this sequel. Considering the budget, it does fairly well for half the runtime, although when these flaws appear they are noticeably jarring. For example, the encounter with mythical entity that just looks dreadful. Effects are passable at best, there are a few instances that really break the immersion. It could've capitalized on the stereotypical premise to bring humor or present more twists, but the movie keeps it too safe. They don't engage the audience, merely rehearsing stereotypical fight the evil theme. Aside from that, the personalities feel bland. In some scenes, there is decent humor to be had, mainly in the expense of the joker character. Actors do their best on the material they have, the costumes are nice as well. A few gimmicky plot devices that are introduced won't appeal to many since they tend to be vague. Unfortunately, there's barely any draw to the premise, it spends almost one hour to set-up the plot yet the momentum doesn't take off and it just ends up floating in a flat line the entire time. It revolves around a party of mage, necromancer to be specific, and warriors to ensure the enemy force doesn't possess the illusive Darkspore. It does feel as though we're seeing some sub quest from a game or mediocre side episode of less-than-epic tale. The Darkspore has a couple of nice designs and occasional humor, yet the narrative doesn't produce that great of an adventure. Mythica series is a niche for fantasy fans, it doesn't boast high budget production, but decent enough for a B-movie viewing. "Hercules" must have been stoned up to his eyeballs. Really, now, whoever gave high marks to this film must either be a close friend of someone in the cast or crew or an utter nutter about anything sword-yielding, magic-casting or horse-riding. It really peaks in the end where, disposing of the whole of the point, the heroes mess up their mission, utterly fail, leaving the world to its doom and walk away all smiles in search for another adventure and. And the story - oh, the story - what a mess. CG were not needed really we could have used our imagination, with a bit of air acting, and use the money to hire a better director. There is no real coherence from one scene to the next, no one takes advantage of the actors' strong points, long scenes to fill the time in order to give an excuse for a movie. Poor - no, I take it back - awful script and dialogues and terrible, terrible directing. Keep the costume designer and the photographer, fire all others, including the director. I hope the next part will be more engaging. Bottom line: fun film, really inconsistent characters, jumping from love to hate on a whim, and a disappointing and rushed ending that made little sense. I think that, while I still enjoyed the film, more effort should be made to make the viewers feel with the characters in a story that one could believe in. If the story is great and the characterization well done, no one looks twice on the special effects. I don't care about those, but this is an indicator that those people didn't feel the characters were important or the story inspiring, and that is on the script writer. Some commentators focused on the quality of the special effects. That's unfortunate, especially since I loved A Quest for Heroes. Unfortunately, it seemed like the makers made a lot less effort for this film, especially in the areas of character interaction and storyline. The party continues on their quest, this time helped by a dark elf with mysterious markings, while a warlock is trying to beat them to their goal.
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