Three crusaders and their prisoner trek through Europe on the way home. Richard (Christopher Dane) is the leader, William and Hamish his allies, and Khushtar the Saracen prisoner. Why are they taking Khushtar to England? He's used as a pack animal. One day, they came upon a village populated only by women and a single child. The women say that creatures have stolen the men and children. Richard concluded it was likely slavers. He deigns to remain a couple of days to scare off the slavers, but soon discovers that something dark is in the woods. The old woman says only the Four Warriors can save them now. She indicates Richard, William, Hamish, and Khushtar!
A low budget fantasy movie, it rises to the level of mediocre. Of course, the hero is a man who has renounced God and views the crusades as wrong. Yes, let's get that anti-Crusades propaganda in the film. No need to talk about how Muslims conquered Christian lands from the Middle East, Northern Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, and still pressed against Byzantium. Nope. Crusaders were in the wrong. Hey, they've even enslaved the unfortunate Khushtar and use him as a mule. By contrast, Khushtar proves to be completely honorable and trustworthy. Heck, he even heals the worst of the crusaders, William.
The choreography is poor. Despite waves of black-clad villains with 'scary' masks, our heroes stand toe to toe against them, neither getting killed nor killing. Yes, it is like the A-Team where the fights result in no injuries, but the villains eventually run away.
Adding another modern message, Richard gets together with Alina, the single mom. Well, that was common in the era as mortality was high. Not in her case. She explained to Richard that she met a Crusader who was on his way to the Holy Land some years ago and that she had a son with him. Oh, so a random guy was passing through. How did Alina get to be the leader of this village with that in her background? This is the Middle Ages.
Hard pass.
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