Night of the Templar (2012)

Please don't spend money on this.

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Oh no, I feel bad for not posting a review ages ages ago. I've watched "Night of the Templar" from start to finish. Paul Sampson worked magic on the medieval scenes with the shields, kind of. We know the Templars were all butchered at the end in real life. A true medieval Templar would have prayed before a killing but he certainly would never have used dental whitener. The modern setting was funny and pantomime, as these people were sitting there wondering whats going on, as the viewer does too. I watched it because it was made by Paul Sampson alone and I was curious. RIP David Carradine who starred in this film. Sir Gregoire himself couldn't rest, because he's an angry spirit wanting revenge so he ended up butchering innocent people including women, and during the wrong century. Also a shame that his horse didn't come back to life.

I selected this movie because Norman was in it, but I couldn't even watch it. After 40 minutes of cliché and meaningless dialogue I fast forwarded to the end. The script is full of clichés, all characters are one dimensional stereotypes and the whole thing is a predictable snooze fest. Lead actor is weak and weird - maybe that was intentional, I don't know. Strong actors like David Carradine and Udo Kier are wasted. I don't even want to talk about the big boobed ladies who run around in underwear who actually don't contribute to the story.Don't bother to watch it.

It does not worth it. Great actor playing but the story was more like fairy tale. I still can not get it at all. This movie is worth it only for hearing Norman moan till the cute chick doing her job on his little friend. It was extremely hot. Other things sucks. First - that macho man with split personality, not interesting at all. I can not understand why he was in that castle, why these guys came... Everything was so put up, the spectator can not use his imagination for details and everything. Second thing - church never raised killers, god never sent avengers and they with sure don't kill hookers. No matter how many stars you bring to a movie, you should know more for history before make them play they roles.

Here's the thing about this movie, its demanding. You have to be able to let go, realize that it's different from anything you've ever seen before, and just go with the movie. Let it take you on its wild ride, which is a beautiful/wonderful thing.You also have to pay attention. This movie is layered in metaphor and is way more cerebral than one might expect. You have to work to understand what's going on and part of that work is letting it take you away. If you can do this, and your friends can do this, you will have hours of conversation after about what it all means, what the metaphors mean, and what was actually happening in this masterfully made "whodunit". If you can't do this, and you watch it on the most basic level, you will still probably think the movie is cool, original, and a lot of fun. Either way, it's a Win - Win. Oh...and beyond all that stuff above...it's a horror/drama/murder mystery/action/dark humor orgy of epic proportions. Vigilante Templar Lord Gregoire... I came out of that movie feeling like I just had a threesome with Sam Raimi and Umberto Eco. and I absolutely loved it!