When the movie opens with a monk escaping hanging via a medieval equivalent of a skateboard, you know EXACTLY what type of movie this is. Is it good? The critic in me wants to say no, that this was very likely a money laundering scheme (Syfy spent 23 million on this??!), but there are moments of genuine, unabashed silliness that show what I feel is an earnest effort to entertain, even though they may not have had knowledge how.

When the movie opens with a monk escaping hanging via a medieval equivalent of a skateboard, you know EXACTLY what type of movie this is. Is it good? The critic in me wants to say no, that this was very likely a money laundering scheme (Syfy spent 23 million on this??!), but there are moments of genuine, unabashed silliness that show what I feel is an earnest effort to entertain, even though they may not have had knowledge how.