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Millenia ago, good and evil fought over predominance on this our earth
in the persons of demi-Gods Aveum (Henry Amphlett) and Thanatos (Julian
Lamoral-Roberts) - and Thanatos won because Aveum has grown too cocky and
promised one of his minions, Abadon (Chris Willsher), a form of greatness
he was never able to deliver ... and thus Abadon has turned on him. In
the now, insurance salesman/comicbook artist Curian (Sam Stevenson)
stumbles upon a weird emblem that somehow seems to tie in with the
unpublished comicbook he's drawing ... and from here on, all hell seems to
break loose as suddenly a bunch of hooded guys (later identified as
demons) are after him, and the guy who saves him from the demons, Otheon
(Robin Schnepp), does seem to be in touch with otherworldly powers. It
soon turns out that Otheon is a guardian who was present at the
fight Aveum vs Thanatos and at Abadon's betrayal, and he has since
dedicated his life to look for the chosen one, the man who can defeat
Thanatos in fight ... and wouldn't you know it, this season, he has chosen
Curian to do the job. Curian though, not a fighter in the least, turns him
down ... until he learns his girlfriend Sienna (Tania Baressi) has been
kidnapped by Abadon and his minions who take her to Abadon. And the (not
even quite that) simple quest to free Sienna from her kidnappers suddenly
leads Curian into the center of a war good versus evil ... On a
plot level, Nightscape: Dark Reign of Thanatos might not have
all that much new to offer - in fact, the whole story seems familiar from
an endless array of fantasy books and movies. But on a directorial level,
the movie is a prime example of effective low budget filmmaking:
Basically, the film tells a story much too advanced for its low funds but
more than makes up its lack in money by creating a suitable dark
atmosphere by great camerawork, moody pictures, a well-placed musical
score, well-executed and well-edited action sequences, and a very capable
cast. So even if the story might not be your cup of tea upon closer
inspection, the film has the power to keep you entertained and involved
much more than most much more expensive yet clumsier special effects fests
telling roughly the same story. Nice!
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