As opportunistic Game of Thrones cash-ins go, this perversely watchable low-budget quickie at least improves upon its producers’ risible Hammer of the Gods. It has Stanley Weber’s lone warrior – sporting precision cornrows – falling in with northern rebels to repel William the Conqueror’s forces, here rendered as 30 blokes stood about a muddy, foggy field in Serbia. The action is circumscribed more through necessity than choice: though director Jim Weedon lends his one-on-ones a brooding ad-land style, he’s forced to frame battles in medium-close shots so as to disguise the poor turnout. Modest post-pub fun, nevertheless.
