A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who cheated them by kidnapping his son's fiancée. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
rape
kidnapping
mercenary
prince
castle
sword fight
betrayal
priest
soldier
falling in love
battle
medieval
nobility
black death
science vs religion
statue
candid
sword and sorcery
cruel
scathing
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Cast
Rutger Hauer
Martin
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Agnes
Tom Burlinson
Steven
Jack Thompson
Hawkwood
Susan Tyrrell
Celine
Ronald Lacey
Cardinal
Brion James
Karsthans
John Dennis Johnston
Summer
Bruno Kirby
Orbec
Fernando Hilbeck
Arnolfini
Marina Saura
Polly
Kitty Courbois
Anna
Crew
Paul Verhoeven
Director
Paul Verhoeven
Screenplay
Gerard Soeteman
Screenplay
Basil Poledouris
Original Music Composer
Ine Schenkkan
Editor
Jan de Bont
Director of Photography
Danniel Danniel
Sound Editor
Félix Murcia
Art Direction
Yvonne Blake
Costume Design
Mike Fenton
Casting
Gerard Soeteman
Story
Marc Koninckx
Steadicam Operator
Popular Reviews
57 reviews
Benji
4.0★ · 04/25/26
As someone who considers Robocop The Great American Movie was disappointed by this. It fell on the wrong side of the trashy (derogatory) - trashy (complementary) scale. Not funny enough to be a Holy Grailesqe romp and too depraved to take its commentary on things like religion seriously.
As someone who considers Robocop The Great American Movie was disappointed by this. It fell on the wrong side of the trashy (derogatory) - trashy (complementary) scale. Not funny enough to be a Holy Grailesqe romp and too depraved to take its commentary on things like religion seriously.
DB
8.0★ · 03/07/26
Prince slays dragon? … and gets the girl?
Prince slays dragon? … and gets the girl?
Movienightmare
Nothing remotely interesting about this
Nothing remotely interesting about this
Constantin
9.0★ · 01/16/26
it’s a dirty movie and just so wrong. even so, it shows a reality from the past that’s still around today. filth and ugly things will always exist.it’s definitely the kind of film where you have plenty to analyze and draw conclusions about every single character
it’s a dirty movie and just so wrong. even so, it shows a reality from the past that’s still around today. filth and ugly things will always exist.it’s definitely the kind of film where you have plenty to analyze and draw conclusions about every single character
Emo Philips
2.0★ · 09/27/25
One star for how dedicated the set and costuming is. Turned it off at the rape scene, just too distasteful for me. I often feel the acting medieval depictions is painful to watch because everyone acts like the stupidest stuff is so goddamn funny. It's a boring caricature that doesn't feel grounded in anything real or human. Maybe later in the film Verhoeven reveals some subversion to this trope-heavy borefest, but I couldn't grasp what that was by the time I turned this off. Everyone sucks in this film, it feels like it brings nothing new to genre, and deeply poor taste.
One star for how dedicated the set and costuming is. Turned it off at the rape scene, just too distasteful for me. I often feel the acting medieval depictions is painful to watch because everyone acts like the stupidest stuff is so goddamn funny. It's a boring caricature that doesn't feel grounded in anything real or human. Maybe later in the film Verhoeven reveals some subversion to this trope-heavy borefest, but I couldn't grasp what that was by the time I turned this off. Everyone sucks in this film, it feels like it brings nothing new to genre, and deeply poor taste.
