Title: Orc Wars The Final Battle
Year: 2013
Running Time: 97 minutes
Director: Kohl Glass
Cast: Rusty Joiner (John Norton), Masiela Lusha (Princess Aleya), Wesley John (Whitefeather) Notes: None
Rating: 6
Thoughts: A Special Ops veteran has taken up residence in the back of beyond and receives a number of unusual trespassers.
A Native American mystic, an elven Princess and an orc horde. It sounds daft but it's surprisingly engaging. I'm not as convinced by the intrusion of a real estate woman, but the endless stream of mildly confused orcs coming through some sort of gateway is fun.
The script is a bit daft but flows, with the delivery decent. But there are a few issues.
Firstly the orcs are so ridiculously tactically naive. They could easily swamp the hero's cabin but too often just stand waiting to be shot at.
Also, the second half of the film just turns into a shoot 'em up and becomes a little repetitive. Admittedly the dargon, when it comes, is quite good, but there is little that is subtle as the film progresses.
It's a romp, little more, but it is fun.