jadzia92 Merlin and the War of the Dragons is an Asylum take on the King Arthur legend and as Asylum films goes this is not bad although it is kind of dull in a lot of places. Merlin is played here by Simon Lloyd-Roberts and he does not do a bad job at it. The action sequences are only barely adequate here and so are the dragons presented here. Merlin and the War of the Dragons was filmed in Wales and this movie certainly makes good use of its filming location. The best part of this movie is Jurgen Prochnow in his very sincere performance as The Mage a performance in which he certainly believes in playing the character to his full effect. The end of this movie indicated a sequel but no such sequel was ever made and I would have been curious to see where this story would have gone on from here.

TheLittleSongbird To be honest, I was expecting Merlin and the War of the Dragons to be bad. When I did see it with an open mind and no actual idea of how it actually would be like, I was actually rather mixed on it. I don't think it is ever going to be one of my favourite movies and I don't think it is the best thing since sliced bread either. However, I do not think it is as bad as the rating and some of the negative commentators say. By all means I can definitely see why one would dislike Merlin and the War of the Beasts, but considering how many other low-budget movies I've seen that were far worse than this one I personally do not think it was that bad, and wouldn't ever say things like "you have no idea what a good movie is" or "you have to be a shill to enjoy it".Are there flaws? I do think so. The camera work is static at times, especially in the fight sequences which were not all that compelling and somewhat incoherent. The costumes and props are on the cheesy side and do look too clean. The dialogue does have a crassness to it, and some of the acting does show signs of inexperience- I personally was not convinced by Simon Lloyd Roberts but maybe that's just me- making the characters somewhat stiff(which sadly doesn't make up for their rather clichéd personalities). The music is not so bad, there are some nice fantasy-like parts, but at the same time it is not amazing either coming across in places as overblown.However, I did like the idea of the story, and while there is some filler that could have been cut and there are few surprises there are some exciting moments and I wouldn't call it dull either. The locations are stunning and I loved the horses and the way they were ridden also. The effects compared to other films I've seen are not bad either, the dragon looks reasonably good actually. There are some decent performances as well, with Dylan Jones faring best. Jurgen Prochnow seems to be having fun as the Mage and Carys Eleri and Nia Ann are lovely without being just that. In conclusion, not awful but at the same time not great either, if anything I'm in between on this one. 5/10 Bethany Cox

topherevans I really don't understand what people see in this production, my wife watches it religiously, and I have seen several episodes, but never at any point have I reached the point where my disbelief is suspended.How can anyone reconcile this low budget, poorly written, show with the Legend of Arthur, nothing is big enough, nobody is heroic enough.I can't lose the feeling that I'm watching inexperienced actors trying to fill boots way bigger than they are.I love the Arthurian legends, I've read Mallory and many others since, but this is like watching a college production, just doesn't do it justice in my opinion.I do understand that it's a low budget production, but surely that allows for a little bit of more impressive scenery? the closed shots suggest it's filmed in some council estate woods, open up show us some of the awe of the Welsh mountains and forests.

DirectorLeighHater There are Medieval fairs in New Jersey where the 16-year-old attendants at the fried foods tent have more knowledge of English history and mythology than the makers of this sorry excuse for a movie.The facts of this movie were verified by a guy who once saw 'Amedeus', the fight scenes were choreographed by Lindsey Lohan on New Years Eve, and the magical special effects were edited by giving the film to Edward Scissorhands after heavy application of cocaine.Each sword fight drags on until both stunt men die of boredom or succumb to nausea from the endless scene cuts that occur every time they clank their plastic swords together. Mark Atkins must have figured that the fight scenes wouldn't seem like two drunk z list actors waving Mattel toys around if he only filmed them a quarter of a second at a time.The movie wouldn't have been as bad if scene cuts weren't used for EVERYTHING. When a rock materializes out of thin air, you see people react in amazement to the rock before you see the rock just sitting there. When a character dies dramatically, all you see is the other actors vomiting in terror at the amazing death scene you just missed. Throughout the entire movie, I felt like the actors were watching the best movie ever and they wouldn't show it to me.If you still feel like watching this movie, here's a substitute that will benefit both you and everyone but the Asylum. Rent the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings trilogies and invite your most inarticulate friends to watch them with you. While they watch these epics, position yourself at an angle next to your TV so you can see your friends react to these awesome movies but not the movies themselves. Then have them describe what's happening and see how satisfying it is.