The Reckoning

2003

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery

6
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 6653 6.7K

based on novel or book england hope village bible murder

Director

Paul McGuigan Photo
Paul McGuigan

Top cast

Tom Hardy Photo
Tom Hardy as Straw
Willem Dafoe Photo
Willem Dafoe as Martin
Vincent Cassel Photo
Vincent Cassel as Lord De Guise
Simon Pegg Photo
Simon Pegg as Gaoler
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1012.33 MB
1280*532
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 2
2.03 GB
1920*798
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ma-cortes 6 / 10

Mystery and impressive sets in Middle Age

The yarn talks upon a priest (Paul Bettany) who is joined with a comedian actors troupe (Willem Dafoe, Gina McKee, Brian Cox , among others). They will arrive in a village with a rousing castle ruled by a tyrant (Vincent Cassel). There happens one murder and is framed a deaf-mute woman (Elvira Minguez). The priest discovers the killing has occurred and attempt to solve it by recreating the crime in a play .The film deals with Dark Ages , it's time of destruction , hunger, deceases and rampage . It's developed in 14th century , England , during King Richard's time , the Normans vanquished Saxons . War and pest originated millions of deaths . The story mingles medieval set , drama, suspense , sexual situations , a love story and is entertaining enough . The motion picture was in great majority directed in Spain (Andalucia) and has breathtaking scenarios . The movie obtained a limited success , in the United States got a resounding flop and achieved a lukewarm reception by the public ; however Europe attained more box office because is a European film more than American . The picture gets a certain resemblance to ¨The name of the rose¨ , thus the Medieval time , suspense , thrills and intrigue about killing . The main actors are very well , Paul Bettany and Willem Dafoe's interpretations are top notch likeness to support cast as Brian Cox, Ewen Bremmer, James Cosmo, Matthew Mac Fadden , all of them are outstanding . Cinematography by Peter Soba is magnificent and Mark Mancina's musical score is atmospheric . The movie is correctly directed by Paul McGuigan.Rating : Good. Well worth watching.
Reviewed by sarastro7 7 / 10

Pretty good, but probably not realistic

The mission of the movie seems to be to portray how things were in the middle ages, and while I think it's a pretty good and well-acted movie with a relevant story, I doubt that most of the main characters' actions and way of thinking are anywhere near historically accurate. The year is 1380. What's all this about voting?? And the priest's sense of justice seems just a wee bit too well-developed. And would the actors turn around to help a deaf and dumb condemned prisoner that they practically didn't know? Doesn't feel realistic to me. The movie seems glazed over with a lot of modern sentiment and sense of justice (and democracy!), which essentially turns it into light entertainment rather than a serious story. But at its heart it does have a message of showing how the powerful used to prey on the powerless (and, indirectly, how they still do today), and as such does contribute something to the current mass audience's understanding of history and the world.7 out of 10.
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