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By Jonathan Klotz
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Historical films tend to be either romantic costume plays or sweeping war epics, but sometimes a film comes on that dare to do something different and take a lifetime that studios are too scared to embrace. That’s the case with Black Death, unexpected streaming struck on Max, it’s not only set during the height of the plague, but it’s a darker, grittier undertaking on medieval life than we used to see. It’s not a dress drama or a story about kings either. Instead, it’s a historic action horror film, and nothing else is very similar to it.
Medieval men on mission
Black Death Following a group of beaten soldiers (including Sean Bean) and a Neophyte (Eddie Redmayne) monk as they walk to a remote village the illness has not been touched. Although he is eager to find a healing, the real mission is to pull down a necromancer using dark magic that has enlivened the village and could be the source of the plague. The journey to the village is not only dangerous and deadly, but it is beautifully shot with all the signs of death, decay and decay that incorporates the age but rarely depicted on screen.
Once they arrive at the village, the group encounters its leaders, Hob (the incredibly abundant mcinnarny team) and the alleged necromancer, the beautiful Lavigna (Game of Thrones Red Priest, Carice Van Houten), who performs a miracle in front of the monk, proves his faith. Together, the pair gets one over on the troops, and Black Death Takes a horrific turn in folk horror with plenty of gore. By the end, viewers will join the troops as they wonder how much is real, and whether the devil is found among the villagers.
Black death is the right kind of throw back
With very few CGI effects, Black Death Looks and feels like a throwing horror in the 70s with the count of the whole body -ford. Directed by Christopher Smith, who also picked up the excitement movie that folds time TriangleThe film made the best of its modest budget by filming in the German countryside. Although he never hit theaters in the United States, the movie found on -lein fans immediately, and today has 72 percent fresh Rotten tomatoes Scored by critics, and 49 percent from fans, which could sound like a negative, but this is a brave film that is not afraid to take big swings and push the envelope: not for everyone, and is not trying to be.
Over the years, Black Death Quietly accumulated a cult following, partly due to the increasing popularity of Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Carice van HoutenBut also because of her unique visual style and annoying story. Now it’s another stream Hit on Max and pull more eyeballs than films that cost four times as much to produce, proving that quality can still win in the end. If you’ve never seen this one-of-a-kind medieval movie, and you think Saw is for children, it’s owed to yourself to experience the dark and gracious world full of plague where life is cruel, short and ugly.
Black Death Now streaming on Max.
