Better than average for the type....

Rating: 5/10 (5 April 2006)

When I heard that Michael Crichton's book "Eaters of the Dead" was going to be made into a movie, I knew that I had to see the film somehow.
When I saw the result, I was not sure whether to be disappointed or impressed. Fans of pre-firearm history are no doubt aware of the problematic quality of many Hollywood interpretations of a given period, and this film is by no means strictly accurate, but the "feel" of the film is better than average. While there is a bit of a "low budget" feel about the production, ultimately the problem with this film is not budgetary, but rather with the script, which is quite unjustifiably disjointed and stilted given the simple and exciting story.
This film, is very good for it's "action-sword" genre, but will be preferred by fans of this sort of film, or by more casual viewers, rather than the tightly wound art film buff.