ClassyWas Excellent, smart action film.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Rainey Dawn As others have mentioned, the story is a bit lacking - could have used a bit more "spice" but overall it's a good watch for someone like myself. I actually liked the film.This is basic Knight, Sword, Shield and Fair Maiden film - a romance in the making when he (Tristan) sees her (Adormidera)for the first time. 5 men returning home from battle and now have to defend their homeland against an army - along with the woman they are compelled to help. Why are their soldiers after her? Who is she exactly? There are a few good battle scenes along with love story... it just needs a bit tiny bit more zest to the story and it would have been superior - but the film is great as it is.8.5/10

quincytheodore There have been movies with limited budget which are pleasantly enjoyable, unfortunately Adormidera is not one of them. It has issues on the most fundamental aspects such as script, camera work and even sound mixing till the point that it's hard to invest on the movie at all. This resembles more of some friends making video in Renaissance fair than actual feature length movie.Story follows five soldiers who survive the war. They are in their way home when they meet with several dubious characters who involve them in a power struggle. There is lack of clarity on the war mentioned, the main character uses heavy monologues, but ultimately doesn't explain much. The monologues are not only needlessly long and aplenty, they also create synchronization errors for most of the sound effects.The sound is oddly out of tune from its visual. Some of the lines feel bizarre, but the worst is the sound effect of the surroundings. There are far too many times when the footstep, motion or even background noise feel simply muted or in much lower volume. Sadly, graphic doesn't fare much better with shaky and jittery cam.Some of the scenes are shot very closely to the characters' faces, right zoomed in their foreheads or jaws. This starts off annoying and it becomes just silly as important sequences show only half face of the characters. The contrast between light and darkness is poor, creating indiscernible scenes as the story goes into nighttime. Also, the persistent problem of rumbling camera exists, but the movie takes it further as it accidentally shoots random objects or background.Acting is subpar, most of the characters are overly zealous or simply uncomfortable. Maybe the lead role Andrei Claude is decent here, but as random extras interact with high pitch tone or wooden expression it's hard to take the plot seriously. Story is a vague endeavor, using war torn theme and damsel-in-distress female. It doesn't culminate well as the climatic fights are merely random brawls.If the movie had some sort of solid production, it could have been a decent past time, but as it stands with multitude of basic flaws, Adormidera is nearly unbearable.

jpfloydster Although this film might not quite live up to its expectations as an "epic" given that the word today seems to be used more to describe productions of an immense scale rather than of a historical genre, it certainly has elements which make it worthy of such a tagline, bearing in mind of course the words "Malta's first"precede it. The story itself is not exactly a stroke of genius. You have five soldiers returning home from a battle which is only described as a "skirmish up North". They stop by a fortress on the way and ask for shelter. It then turns out that the lord who rules this fortress might have a grudge against the protagonist, Tristan played by the very charismatic Andrei Claude. Although the lord sets his grudge aside and greets the soldiers into his fortress, Tristan soon enough gives him a good reason to hunt him down and seek revenge. The underlying story, which is the psychological journey Tristan goes through as he encounters different scenarios is much more appealing in my opinion. The choice of costumes was interesting and most of the sets looked quite authentic. The action scenes were rather limited but at least well executed and not overly graphic. As far as the acting goes, with the exception of Tristan, who seems like he was born for this kind of role, and a few others such as the priest and lady Isobel I feel it falls a bit short. With that being said, I still enjoyed watching it, and I thought it was a very brave effort.

George Harris Although visually I feel this movie does live up to its expectations the script does not seem to match up as well. The plot itself is fine, and towards the end it draws you in much more. The dialogue, the development of secondary characters and the transition between scenes could have been much better though.It was interesting to see how despite the weakness in the script and lack of direction the lead actor still plays out his role as Tristan very well, a character which seems to prevail throughout the entire movie. The stereotypical tall, dark and handsome hero possesses a powerful screen presence and delivers a very charismatic and enjoyable performance.The battle scene towards the end is also quite gripping, and the action gets even better in the one-on-one segments. Nothing too graphic, which justifies the PG rating, but it keeps you on edge until the the very end.