Black Death is a 2010 film about a novice monk pressed into service over the objections of his prior (David Warner) to be guide to a small group of men sent by Church officials and led by Knight Ulric (Sean Bean) to a remote town still untouched by the plague. Their goal is to find whatever demon-possessed witch or necromancer is responsible for the town's protection and force a confession and kill them to end the plague. It's a bizarre story with a heart-breaking ending.
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The Hollywood Reporter says it "achieves its goal of reproducing a medieval Europe awash with rats, filth and rotting corpses and men of violence ready to rip apart the bodies of any who have the temerity not to be sick. It’s a gloomy, despicable world". Slant Magazine gives it 3 out of 4 stars. Rotten Tomatoes has a mostly positive critics score at 70%, meaning 70% of the critics who submitted reviews liked it.
Sounds like a bleak time to live in. I'm too weak to stomach any story set in the times of the plague. I recently watched a Reign episode on it and was too revolted by it! I can do horror but this is all too real.
It wasn't too graphic in terms of how plague victims were depicted, at least in comparison to other stories I've seen. It was a bleak time, though. I haven't seen "Reign".
I'm glad Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a high "fresh" score, but for some reason, I can't seem to get interested in filth, rats, and rotting corpses tonight.
lol, yes, and who can blame you. It's horrifying to me just to see how the Church responded to the plague. Fear was everywhere, and finding someone to blame seemed as much a priority as trying to figure out how to avoid the disease :(
Sounds like tearjerker and as I cannot abide cruelty to others maybe I'll give this one a miss 😉. I hope you've had a lovely weekend, sorry I haven't visited earlier but we had an unexpected surprise with friends visiting so I now have a lot of blogging to catch up on ...lol 😉. Thanks for the review and wishing you a happy new week! J 😊 x
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I wonder how much truth is in this film compared to it being made a monetary seller for Hollywood?
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking that a lot of this concept is true.
DeleteThat sound like something Himself would watch.
ReplyDeleteMy younger son picked this one as part of a group of several films featuring medieval plague stories.
DeleteSounds like a bleak time to live in. I'm too weak to stomach any story set in the times of the plague. I recently watched a Reign episode on it and was too revolted by it! I can do horror but this is all too real.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't too graphic in terms of how plague victims were depicted, at least in comparison to other stories I've seen. It was a bleak time, though. I haven't seen "Reign".
DeleteI'm glad Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a high "fresh" score, but for some reason, I can't seem to get interested in filth, rats, and rotting corpses tonight.
ReplyDeletelol, yes, and who can blame you. It's horrifying to me just to see how the Church responded to the plague. Fear was everywhere, and finding someone to blame seemed as much a priority as trying to figure out how to avoid the disease :(
DeleteSean Bean, Eddie Redmayne and the plague--I had to watch it. Really made you feel like you were back there--and so glad you weren't. ;)
ReplyDeleteI wish it was online somewhere; I could post a link. My son had picked up a DVD used somewhere.
DeleteThis sounds interesting! Have a good, new week, Valerie
ReplyDeleteIt was hard to watch, more in terms of the cruelty and ignorance than because of any graphic violence. Tragic :(
DeleteSounds like tearjerker and as I cannot abide cruelty to others maybe I'll give this one a miss 😉. I hope you've had a lovely weekend, sorry I haven't visited earlier but we had an unexpected surprise with friends visiting so I now have a lot of blogging to catch up on ...lol 😉. Thanks for the review and wishing you a happy new week! J 😊 x
ReplyDeleteIt is a tragic story filled with needless cruelty. Friends visiting would hold priority! Sounds like fun :)
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