Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Leofwine_draca MYTHICA: A QUEST FOR HEROES is the first in a series of low budget independent fantasy movies shot in Utah. These feature Kevin Sorbo in support, still trading on his glory days back in HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS. The plot is nothing special, and given that this is the introductory film, way too much time is spent on introducing the various characters and setting them up in their story lines. Expect dialogue to outweigh action, and then some. The LORD OF THE RINGS influence is undoubtedly obvious, with one supporting character made up to look EXACTLY like Gimli in that film trilogy, but otherwise the costumes are decent and some of the visuals are very nice, particularly the snowbound vistas.

Rob_Taylor I'm never too sure of what I'm going to get when I watch a low-budget, indie effort. Mostly they just seem to be terrible rip-offs of more heavily-funded, mainstream movies, but with poor scripts, dialogue and effects. Asylum....I'm looking at you.So it was with some surprise that I started watching this and realised it wasn't half-bad.Now, I admit, sometimes the acting is a bit ropey, and the effects are, at times, clearly sub-par. However, this movie, and the ones that followed it, have one thing which is absolutely essential for such low budget films to gain any traction. A decent script.Again, I'll admit, the script is hardly original, but where it shines is in the character interactions. The characters themselves are stereotypical D&D class cut-outs, but there is enough background and charm added to them by the script and actors that they work quite nicely in the context of the story.That story - about a search for a Lich's heart in order to stop it falling into the hands of an evil necromancer - will be something that will feel immediately familiar to anyone that has played D&D, or indeed any fantasy RPG in the last thirty years. In fact, the whole series seems like an affectionate homage to the genre and it works quite nicely at that level.The acting is variable, but serviceable, though in some of the later movies, a few of the lesser villains do go into full ham mode (I'm looking at you - airship captain!) The overall tone though, is far better than the budget would suggest.The effects are serviceable and, whilst poor by modern CGI standards, are sufficient to get the job done. We tend to forget, in our current era where anything can be realistically rendered on-screen, that we watched movies with far less convincing effects back in the 60's and 70's and never batted an eyelid at the jerky stop-motion, or terrible rotoscoping. Such things were part of the charm of the movie back then and this is how the effects in enthusiastic, low-budget movies should be viewed today - as part of the movie's character.Practical and make-up effects are also quite good in this movie and the costumes are not as "Hercules" as you might think, especially given the presence of Kevin Sorbo.One stand out is the music. The films have been given a really good soundtrack and a couple of nice songs, one of which "Tell Me" which plays out over the end credits to Darkspore, is absolutely superb. It is definitely the series' strongest point.Where the movies greatest asset lies, is in the fact that it never takes itself too seriously. I see some comments that compare it to the Lord of the Rings, which is just risible. There is plenty of humour in the story and the character dynamics that make it thoroughly entertaining to watch. Backgrounds are fleshed out enough to make the characters believable and events in one movie carry over to the next, if applicable.In short, the sum of its good parts outweighs the negatives by a good margin. It has a slightly quirky style that won't appeal to everyone and which put me in mind of certain TV shows like Lexx, or Farscape.Finally, the best praise I can muster for the films is this: I'd happily watch more, if they produced them, or better yet, a web series of some sort, which I think the D&Dish nature of the movies would support quite nicely.SUMMARY: A decent script, not taking itself too seriously and plenty of humour all elevate this set of films above the usual low-budget dreck that often gets made. If you like D&D, this is for you.

nightcrawlercyp-311-219346 OK, so our main character is the definition of Mary Sue knowing a lot of complex things she could not have learned as a slave. You may think "Hercules" taught her but it seems he only taught her some basic magic. Another interesting part are the mythical creatures or rather lack of. The CGI is extremely poorly made , so bad that I know movies from the 70-80's that have more realistic monsters than this one (Sinbad's journeys for instance). The only thing that was interesting was the redhead who was hot as fire and the only character that was not paper thin was the half elf. Most of the dialogue sounds like written by a kindergartner and he story is pretty much non-existent. Also what happened to all that trapped people? weren't they supposed to save them? That being said I cannot say I did not enjoy the movie as the redhead is hot.

TheLittleSongbird Was expecting more from this movie, as it did look interesting and with the right execution it could have been a fun film. In the end it wasn't bad but also not good, rather a mediocre movie with some things to make it watchable.Melanie Stone does give a great performance as the most interesting and well-rounded character of the movie., though most of the characters while stereotypical were likable and engaging. The special effects are above average, looking rightly proportioned , don't look too cartoony and actually looking complete, the ogre is pretty intimidating. The music score is very grand and rousingly and nicely orchestrated, fitting nicely within the movie, the theme song is pretty catchy. The costumes are very nicely done and give a real sense of fantasy adventure.For all those good things though, there were a lot of ways in which Mythica: A Quest for Heroes was lacking. The scenery can be drab, and photography is unfocused with erratic shots and fuzzy picture quality. The sound sounds very dull, and tends to favour the music, making its grandeur occasionally rather too grand, drowning out the dialogue. Not that the dialogue was anything to write about, it does sound rather trite and stilted with some awkward humour. The story does lack excitement, suspense and fun, it's all a bit predictable and bland, while the action is undermined by unexciting and too safe choreography, confused and sloppy editing and a lack of interaction between the human characters and the creatures.The direction does show occasional inspiration but is mostly flat and the acting is at times stiff, especially from Nicola Posener. Kevin Sorbo's screen time is very limited (only five minutes) and he has next to nothing to do in this time, he can be entertaining but he goes through the motions here. Overall, not bad, not good; a mediocre quest with its moments. 5/10 Bethany Cox