By the Sword

1991

Adventure / Drama / Sport

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 75% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 1874 1.9K

sports sword

Plot summary

An elderly man named Max comes to the famous fencing coach Villar and asks to take him on as a coach. But the coach does not like his weapon technique, and he only takes Max as a cleaner.

Director

Jeremy Kagan Photo
Jeremy Kagan

Top cast

Eric Roberts Photo
Eric Roberts as Villard
Doug Wert Photo
Doug Wert as Hobbs
Stoney Jackson Photo
Stoney Jackson as Johnson
F. Murray Abraham Photo
F. Murray Abraham as Suba
720p.WEB
838.99 MB
1706*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
29.97 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by blakduke 7 / 10

not for professional fencers

Hey, so the fencing is a bit hokey. The movie is "not" about fencing, if it were we would all be asleep in 10 minutes. I have fenced on and off for over 30 years so I know a little bit about it. I would rather watch something like this than any fencing bout ever put on. So all you purists out there, lighten up. Like the movie for what it is, don't dis-like it for what it isn't. The story was not about fencing, the fencing was only a backdrop to the story.
Reviewed by Torch-6 6 / 10

Pointless?

There is exactly one group of people who will watch this film more than once: fencers. And even we wince. So much of this story is anathema to *everything* fencers hold dear: honor, romance and SAFETY!No maestro worth the name would encourage any kind of deliberate roughness such as is exhibited in BtS. Neither would anyone imagine a choreographed dance routine with pirouettes. THE HORROR! But beneath the ugly scum of detail, there *is* a story...who is Suba (excellently underplayed by F. Murray Abraham), and why does he come to the Maestro's studio? Why does he think he can teach fencing? Oh, and we get to see the lovely Mia Sara in a tight fencing uniform, a small bonus. It's not the best film, no. It's far from the worst. Do not expect to see real Olympic style fencing; for that, go to the next competition nearest you!
Reviewed by Bogie27 6 / 10

Pure Imagination

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