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The King's Guard

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Treachery, villainy, swordplay, noble secret love and a princess in peril: what more could the average ten year old would-be Musketeer ask for?

Set in the days of chivalry at sword point, "The King's Guard" is the tale of the "last stand" of a princess (Ashley Jones) being taken to a marriage that will save her father's throne and the young noble Guard (Trevor St. John) who secretly loves her, against the traitorous ex-Guard (Eric Roberts) who wants her and the greedy Lord (Ron Perlman) who wants her dowry.

This movie has nice costumes and I think that's where most of the money went. Ninety-nine percent of it takes place in one setting. There are no horses although the DVD cover shows a cavalry. The acting runs the spectrum from almost-painful-to-watch (Jones) to oh-good-someone-knows-what-they're-doing (Perlman, Roberts). The swordplay, although decently choreographed, is done too hesitantly by most of the actors to be truly exciting.

People who are into the Renaissance Fair, SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) and LARP (Live Action Role Playing) scenes may be able to glean some inspiration from the costumes and sword play.

Although there is much fighting there is no blood or gore so this would be an excellent family movie for anyone with young children going through a swashbuckling phase.

There are some funny bloopers after the end credits.

Worth a rent for gamers, worth a rent/buy used for youngsters.

Alright - it's not Braveheart, but the King's Guard is an intriguing story with swordfighting, romance, good guys and bad guys. Kids can watch it and its family fun. Compared to the vast quantities of crud that's out there - you'll want to see this movie!

The King's Guard was a fantastic film with great sword action. Eric Roberts was totally cool as the bad guy. Costumes and weapons were very authentic. The princess was beautiful and the out-takes at the end were hilarious. They should do a sequel or better yet a TV series.

I turned on tv a few weeks back and saw a small,but brilliant movie about kings guards. I was impressed with the production..the sets and designs looked really professional and the acting was above average. I am not sure why this movie was not shown in the theatres, or I don't remember seeing it. But I highly recommend it for family viewing

What a waste - Eric Roberts looks bored, the tremendously talented Ron Perlman tries hard to lift the appalling script and cope with the almost non-existent direction, but even he couldn't save this one. Absolutely dreadful. With hardly any swash and even less buckle, the best thing in it was the costume design. Oh, and the out-takes at the end.

I would recommend fast-forwarding to the bloopers, and don't bother with the movie itself.

Surprisingly funny. Nice mix of action and romance. Happy ending. A great show to watch with your kids. What more can you ask?

The first time my friends and I watched this movie we could not believe how the actors kept straight faces.... We certainly couldn't! Not a good movie, but a keeper for anyone that appreciates the ridiculous.

This movie is More like a TV show for kids. Adult won't like it much. The fighting scenes are slow and look like drills for beginners. The small budget is obvious in many scenes where there are only some actors and actresses without any horses. It's beautiful filmed. The costumes look authentic and attractive.

It's still an enjoyable family movie.

this movie,although it is lacking in sets and background, it's story is sweet about a member of the king's guard who secretly loves princess gwendolen who is on her way to be married to a king to save her father's throne.

it's cute and nice to watch.

a very rare movie and i was suprised amazon had this and especially on dvd!

i am glad i got 1 of the last 2 they had in stock.

i never thought i'd see this movie again.

OK we caught this film on the TV a couple weeks ago and it is sooo bad it is hysterical.
I've been doing historical costuming for years and the costumes were just wrong! While some were nice they were all such a hodge podge of different eras as to completely inacurate. It was as if they got all the historical and SCA/Fantasy reinactors they could find who had their own suits and made this movie. And the totaly riduculous dresses on the women that just look like they took a modern long velevet dress and put a VICTORIAN (1800's) hoop skirt on underneath it.
And as if that wasn't bad enough it was soo badly acted by some and not so bad by others so you would get caught up in the good part and then roll on the floor laughing at the bad!
Eric Roberts and Ron Perlman have a few brief scenes but it was soo bad.....
The only reason I give it two stars at all is because they have a bloopers real, a-la Jackie Chan movies, at the end that was just great! That would have made a better film than the film!