★ 9 / 10
**Could be the beginning of a great saga**
5rJoud
**Could be the beginning of a great saga** This film is great, believable action, characters and setting. Good soundtrack, charismatic actors, it's well paced…
**Could be the beginning of a great saga**
This film is great, believable action, characters and setting. Good soundtrack, charismatic actors, it's well paced and has decent camera work.
The story has a certain pen and paper role-playing feel to it, we have a party of adventurers going on a quest, and there aren't many movies made like that.
The novelty of it aside, it never gets boring due to its plot twists and realistic looking action.
There is an epic historic novel called "Raptor" which has a similar story, at least the first few pages of it. When "Pilgrimage" ends you can't help but wonder what happens to the young monk going out into the world after being cloistered away for his whole life.
7 July 2017
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★ 7 / 10
An exciting and evocative medieval movie about group of monks who must escort a sacred relic across a dangerous landscape.
ma-cortes
A grim and atmospheric film set in 'Dark ages' with noisy action, pursuits, fights and lots of violence. In Middle Age one young monk along with other reckless…
A grim and atmospheric film set in 'Dark ages' with noisy action, pursuits, fights and lots of violence. In Middle Age one young monk along with other reckless pals will take on an impressive pilgrimage and will fight against evil. Ireland, 1209. Far from the chaos of the Crusades, a small, quiet group of Catholic monks protect an ancient and powerful relic. However, the object must travel to Rome, as it is required by papal authority, and must be escorted by its protectors, to help the Church in its fight against the infidels. Escorting their monastery's holiest relic to Rome, the monks' progress is seen through the eyes of a pious young novice (Tom Holland), a mute lay-brother (Jon Brenthal) with a violent past and other peculiar priests (Hugh O'Conor, John Lynch, Stanley Weber), all of them go throughout a landscape fraught with peril. This pilgrimage will not be easy, because along the way they will encounter Norman invaders, bloody native tribes and all kinds of unimaginable dangers.This breathtaking picture packs great loads of action, mystery , twists and turns, overwhelming combats and a little bit of gore and blood. Including stunning battles scenes illuminating the full-blown adventure with a plethora of engaging action set pieces on the thrilling fights. This Middle Age adventure movie deals with a reluctant pilgrimage across an island torn between centuries of tribal warfare and the growing power of Norman invaders, being exceptionally and colorfully cinematographed on location, mostly in Ireland. Beginning with a real sense of wonder including some flashbacks regarding the origin of the holy relic and following with chases, treason, ravage and winding up with continuous struggles and a surprising final. This thought-provoking story deals with God , Devil , Catholic Church and several other 'Age of Darkness' issues. The monks belatedly realize that in this wild land of ancient superstitions, the faith that binds them together may ultimately lead to their destruction. Showing the everlasting and vital value of relics in the time of the Middle Ages, in this case the stone that killed the apostle Saint Matthias while he was apostolate Christian followers in Cappadocia. As the true material, political and religious significance of the bejeweled relic becomes dangerously apparent, their path to the east coast becomes increasingly fraught with danger.Beautiful scenery, tense and bloody fights and a stirring climax lift this story. This above average and well-directed movie stars Tom Holland (the same year he led his first film for the Marvel Universe: 'Spiderman: Homecoming') who plays a very young monk who will soon discover the savagery that hides behind religious fervour, along with Jon Brenthal, who's pretty good giving life to a silent and mysterious assistant to the monks and he is more than he seems. Completing the cast are: Richard Armitage, John Lynch, Stanley Weber and Hugh O'Connor. The film was nominated for best photography and best costumes at the Irish film and television awards.Being competently photographed by cameraman Tom Comerford on various locations in Connemara, County Galway, Clonbur, County Galway, County Mayo, Ireland, Roscommon, Ireland, Ardennes, Wallonia, Belgium and Greece. The camera work by Comerford in this film is moving and thrilling. Furthermore, musical score by composer Stephen McKeon is sensitive and spectacular. The motion picture was professionally directed by Brendan Muldowney , though with no originality because we have already seen the pursuit premise of the film in other similar stories. Brendan is an expert filmmaker of all kinds of genres with penchant for horror; known for The Ten Steps (2004), Savage (2009) , Love Eternal (2013), Pilgrimage (2017), The Cellar (2022) , among others . Rating : 7/10. A notable and decent historical film. The picture will appeal to Tom Holland fans. There's something for everyone here ; fans of history , fans of action, fans of medieval adventure should all find something to enjoy about this film. It may not be the best film ever made, but its still one attractive movie.
★ 7 / 10
Gritty period piece with lots of symbolism
milostyl
As far as period pieces set in the middle ages go, this one isn't very glamorous. It's a decently well made film with some strong individual performances that…
As far as period pieces set in the middle ages go, this one isn't very glamorous. It's a decently well made film with some strong individual performances that basically carry a mostly disjointed and only slightly nuanced story. My rating for this movie is a fairly weak 7/10. That rating is floated higher than I would have normally given it for three specific reasons.
First, the performances: Holland as the young, pious monk who has never known anything but life in the monastery yet quickly matures when faced with adversity. Bernthal as the obedient and entirely subservient mute with an obviously profound yet mysterious history who becomes the star of the show on more than one occasion without saying a word. Stanley Weber as the Cistercian, the guy the Church sends out to do their dirty work basically and effectively starts the "Pilgrimage" in the first place. Of course, there's also Richard Armitage as the surly French knight commanding his Baron father's equally surly men while throwing surly looks around all the time. This would have been a horribly dull and hard to watch movie if these guys didn't pull off these fairly typical medieval character archetypes well and it feels to me like they did.
Second, the action and set sequences were well done. I tend to be the kind of person who is immediately thrown off by a bad transition or a sequence of shots that just don't really work well together. I didn't see very much of that in this film. Granted, it's not difficult managing scene transition when most every scene is shot outdoors in Ireland but when the action happens, it's brutal and effective.
Third, symbolism. If you are someone who does not like it when a movie expects you to draw your own significance from the story it's trying to tell, this is not a movie you might like. Religion is a central theme in this movie and it is built on a foundation of symbolism that can be taken any number of different ways. If you like diving into the deeper meaning of things, you will actually love this movie. Especially how it ends.
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